wimp

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++wimp1 /wɪmp/ noun [countable] informal  1  BRAVEsomeone who has a weak character and is afraid to do something difficult or unpleasant 懦弱无用的人 Don’t be such a wimp! 别那么窝囊！2. STRONG PERSONa man who is thin and physically weak 瘦弱的男人 —wimpish, wimpy adjective

Examples from the Corpus

wimp• No wonder Graham was a bit of a wimp.• Jack supposed he was a bit of a wimp, with his dislike of rugby and love of photography.• Which man wants to admit that he's a wimp and needs to assert himself?• He seemed angry with her for some reason but John's a wimp.• Don't be such a wimp, Simon. Tell her you want to break up.• Knowing full well that I was a wimp at heart, it was refreshing to be treated as something else.• What a wimp, I thought.• Because they don't risk money, corporate financiers are considered wimps by traders.• Today, the high-powered financiers on whom Michael Douglas's character was modelled might add that tax is also for wimps.wimp2 verb  1.wimp out phrasal verb spoken NOT DO somethingto not do something that you intended to do, because you do not feel brave enough, strong enough etc 退缩，畏缩而不敢做〔想做的事〕 SYN cop out→ See Verb tableOrigin wimp1 (1900-2000) Perhaps from whimper

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wimp¹ /wɪmp/ noun [countable] informal1. someone who has a weak character and is afraid to do something difficult or unpleasant:
    Don’t be such a wimp!
2. a man who is thin and physically weak
—wimpish, wimpy adjective

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wimp² verb
     
wimp out phrasal verb spoken
  to not do something that you intended to do, because you do not feel brave enough, strong enough etc
   SYN  cop out