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发音：[ˈkaʊərdɪs]
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例句：
- If we say someone shows cowardice in the face of danger, such as bullying, or threatening, we express the idea that person lacks of courage or bravery.
- The candidate is losing supporters by his cowardice, since he is not courageous enough to fight the income inequality problem permeated in this society.
- The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity — Robert Anthony Hatcher, American politician during the American Civil War.
- I have often heard it said that cowardice is the mother of cruelty, and I have found by experience that cruel and inhuman hatred and fierceness are usually accompanied by weakness.
- Covid-19 weakened America’s political immune system, leaving the country vulnerable to confusion, panic, unease and cowardice.
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解释：
- Cowardice这个单词为名词，其表示“a lack of courage or bravery to stand up against a danger”这一含义，即“懦弱/惧怕/胆小”，与fearfulness/timidity/diffidence这些单词构成近义词。
- 具体使用场景如下：
- The party must put an end to its moral cowardice and finally and frontally confront the problem within.（该党派必须结束其道德上的怯懦，并最终正面地面对内部问题。）
—Politics - The CEO’s refusal to sign the law was interpreted as an act of cowardice by some media.（首席执行官拒绝签署法律被一些媒体解释为懦弱。）
—Business - Changing positions in the face of severe opposition can sometimes be viewed as courageous, at other times sheer cowardice.（面对严厉的反对，改变立场有时可以被视为勇敢，有时则被视为纯粹的懦弱。）
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