the cowardice shown by political leaders who were willing to give the Nazis whatever they wanted
Recent Examples on the WebMany accused the golfers of cowardice for proclaiming sympathy with their cause while still accepting LIV Golf’s money. David Waldstein, New York Times, 29 July 2022 The Times abdicated, and whether the motive was partisanship or simple Twitter cowardice is irrelevant. Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2022 One of the few things that has held true consistently across the many decades of Joe Biden’s too-long political career is his cowardice. The Editors, National Review, 12 May 2022 For Farrell, the internal documents and emails revealed a horrifying panorama on corporate greed and political cowardice. Sari Horwitz, Washington Post, 7 July 2022 After a childhood act of cowardice, Amir spends most of the play reflecting on and trying to atone for his failure to come to the aid of his best friend.New York Times, 1 July 2022 That’s just cowardice, which is unbecoming of the L.A. County sheriff.Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2022 NoHo Hank is enjoying a romantic relationship with a fellow criminal, as well as the opportunity to rebuild the gang without anyone who became aware of his cowardice and general ineptitude before Barry killed them. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2022 The Democrats’ characteristic form of cowardice is risk aversion. George Packer, The Atlantic, 18 May 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English cowardise, from Anglo-French coardise, from cuard — see coward
ADJECTIVE | VERB + COWARDICE | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤moral, political道義上的/政治上的懦弱◇It is an act of moral cowardice for a society to neglect its poor.對於一個社會來說,忽視窮人是道義上懦弱的一種表現。VERB + COWARDICE➤show表現出怯懦▸➤accuse sb of指責某人膽小PHRASES➤an act of cowardice, cowardice in the face of the enemy怯懦行為;臨敵而懼◇Any soldier displaying cowardice in the face of the enemy was shot.所有臨陣懼敵的士兵都被槍斃了。