释义 |
faint-heartedfaint-heart‧ed /ˌfeɪnt ˈhɑːtɪd $ -ɑːr-/ adjective  - If predators do not oblige, the pests are picked off and squashed - not a job for the faint-hearted!
- Neither Baron Korf nor Iakov Rostovtsev owned serfs, but the one was faint-hearted and the other unimaginative.
- None of this is for the faint-hearted.
- Not a city for the lily-livered or faint-hearted.
- Not that it is a post for the faint-hearted, even today.
- Playing foreign markets is not for the faint-hearted.
- The coastguard duties included patrolling paths at the top of high and sheer cliffs - not a job for the faint-hearted.
- This is not an investment for the faint-hearted.
► something is not for the faint-hearted- Litigation is not for the faint-hearted - or the half-hearted.
- Playing foreign markets is not for the faint-hearted.
- Well, starting your own business is not for the faint-hearted.
1not trying very hard, because you do not want to do something, or you are not confident that you can succeed SYN half-hearted: She made a rather faint-hearted attempt to stop him from leaving.2something is not for the faint-hearted used humorously to say that something is difficult and needs a lot of effort |