And those old favorites, your friends and mine: sycophantic, phlegmatic, and, of course, top of the bill - pusillanimous.(而那些过去最受宠的人——你我共同的朋友们，其中有拍马屁的，冷漠的：当然，最招人注意的还有那些胆小怕事的。)
The authorities have been too pusillanimous in merely condemning the violence.(当局过于懦弱，仅仅谴责了这场暴力行为。)
His failure to help the old man who was being robbed was pusillanimous.(他的胆怯促使他未能援助被行抢的老人。)
Pusillanimous managers complain that they're forced to make these cuts by short-term oriented investors.(优柔寡断的经理人往往抱怨，他们削减此类开支是因为受到目光短浅的投资者的压力。)
The pusillanimous elephant ran away at the sight of the mouse.(胆小的大象一看见老鼠就跑掉了。)
