faint-hearted

Word family adjectivefaintedfaintishfaintyfaint-heartedfaintnounfaintingfaintishnessfaintnessfaintsadverbfaintly

faint-heart·ed /ˌfeɪnt ˈhɑːtɪd $ -ɑːr-/ adjectiveadj

1 WORK HARDnot trying very hard, because you do not want to do something, or you are not confident that you can succeed 〔因不想做或没有信心而〕半心半意的，未尽全力的 SYN half-hearted

She made a rather faint-hearted attempt to stop him from leaving.

她没有尽力挽留他。

2. something is not for the faint-hearted DIFFICULTused humorously to say that something is difficult and needs a lot of effort 某事不是弱者所能干的〔幽默用法〕

Examples from the Corpus

something is not for the faint-hearted• Playing foreign markets is not for the faint-hearted.• Well, starting your own business is not for the faint-hearted.• Litigation is not for the faint-hearted - or the half-hearted.

Examples from the Corpus

faint-hearted• If predators do not oblige, the pests are picked off and squashed - not a job for the faint-hearted!• None of this is for the faint-hearted.• Not a city for the lily-livered or faint-hearted.• 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.• Neither Baron Korf nor Iakov Rostovtsev owned serfs, but the one was faint-hearted and the other unimaginative.• Not that it is a post for the faint-hearted, even today.

词汇	faint-hearted
释义	faint-hearted Word family adjectivefaintedfaintishfaintyfaint-heartedfaintnounfaintingfaintishnessfaintnessfaintsadverbfaintly faint-heart·ed /ˌfeɪnt ˈhɑːtɪd $ -ɑːr-/ adjectiveadj 1 WORK HARDnot trying very hard, because you do not want to do something, or you are not confident that you can succeed 〔因不想做或没有信心而〕半心半意的，未尽全力的 SYN half-hearted She made a rather faint-hearted attempt to stop him from leaving. 她没有尽力挽留他。 2. something is not for the faint-hearted DIFFICULTused humorously to say that something is difficult and needs a lot of effort 某事不是弱者所能干的〔幽默用法〕 Examples from the Corpus something is not for the faint-hearted• Playing foreign markets is not for the faint-hearted.• Well, starting your own business is not for the faint-hearted.• Litigation is not for the faint-hearted - or the half-hearted. Examples from the Corpus faint-hearted• If predators do not oblige, the pests are picked off and squashed - not a job for the faint-hearted!• None of this is for the faint-hearted.• Not a city for the lily-livered or faint-hearted.• 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.• Neither Baron Korf nor Iakov Rostovtsev owned serfs, but the one was faint-hearted and the other unimaginative.• Not that it is a post for the faint-hearted, even today.
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