pusillanimous

1. ADJ If you say that someone is pusillanimous, you mean that they are timid or afraid. 懦弱的; 膽怯的[正式]

The authorities have been too pusillanimous in merely condemning the violence. 儅侷過於懦弱，僅僅譴責(zé)了這場暴力行爲(wèi)。