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单词 namby-pamby
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namby-pamby

adjective
/ˌnæmbi ˈpæmbi/
/ˌnæmbi ˈpæmbi/
(informal, disapproving)
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  1. weak and too emotional
    • He rejected any affection as namby-pamby nonsense.
    Word Originmid 18th cent.: fanciful formation based on the given name of Ambrose Philips (died 1749), an English writer whose pastoral poems were ridiculed by Pope and others.
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