namby-pambical
形容词 adj.
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Like or resembling a namby-pamby; lacking vigor or decisiveness, wishy-washy.
— “Of course, – I am being far too nice, aye and no doubt namby-pambical as well, – ha ha, ha, – after all, what’s being confin’d upon the Summit of a living Volcanoe whose History includes violent Explosion, hey? […]”
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Having a namby-pamby character; insipid, sentimental, or weak.
— Pray tell R. Sheen, I am hugely displeased at his reprinting the Nativity Hymns, and omitting the very best hymn in the collection—All glory to God in the sky, &c. I beg they may never more be printed without it. Omit one or two and I will thank you. They are namby-pambical. I wish you would give us two or three invitatory hymns.
词源
From namby-pamby + -ical.
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