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be a wimp
Don't be such a wimp—just ask her out.
别这么懦弱——邀她出去吧。
懦弱的人；无能的人
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
懦弱的人；无能的人
a weak and indecisive person who lacks confidence
Don't be such a wimp—just ask her out.
别这么懦弱——邀她出去吧。
缺乏自信、优柔寡断的人
a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
一种假设的大质量亚原子粒子,通过引力与普通物质弱相互作用；被假设为宇宙暗物质的组成部分
a hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass that interacts weakly with ordinary matter through gravitation; postulated as a constituent of the dark matter of the universe
He's such a wimp that he never disagrees with anyone.
他是个很懦弱的人，从来不敢反对别人。
Stop being a wimp and make your own decision.
别这么懦弱，自己做决定吧。
She called me a wimp when I wouldn't ask for a raise.
她说我是懦夫，因为我不敢要求加薪。
Don't be such a wimp—just ask her out.
别这么懦弱——邀她出去吧。
They called him a wimp for not joining the game.
他们因为他不参加比赛而叫他懦夫。
wimp 为可数名词，常用于口语，带贬义，指懦弱或无能的人。
What a wimp! He won't even try.
真是个懦夫！他连试都不试。
Not this
He is wimp.
Use this
He is a wimp.
wimp 是可数名词，单数形式作表语时前面需要不定冠词 a；中文没有冠词系统，所以学习者容易漏掉冠词，加上 a 后句子才符合英语可数名词单数的规则。
Not this
He is very wimp.
Use this
He is a real wimp.
wimp 是名词，不是形容词，不能直接用 very 修饰，也不能单独放在 be 动词后作表语；要表达“他很懦弱”并保留 wimp，需要用 a real wimp 这样的“冠词+形容词+名词”结构。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
十足的窝囊废
Don't be such a total wimp; just ask her out.
别这么窝囊，直接约她出去吧。
懦弱无能的窝囊废
The coach said we played like a bunch of spineless wimps.
教练说我们表现得像一群懦弱无能的窝囊废。
骂某人是窝囊废
They called him a wimp because he wouldn't fight.
他们因为他不敢打架而骂他是窝囊废。
表现得像个懦夫
Stop acting like a wimp and say what you think.
别表现得像个懦夫，有什么想法就说出来。
有点窝囊
I felt a bit of a wimp wearing a helmet when nobody else was.
别人都没戴头盔，我戴着，感觉自己有点窝囊。
临阵退缩；因胆怯而退出
Come on, don't wimp out now — you've already come this far.
来吧，现在别临阵退缩——你已经走到这一步了。
你是个窝囊废，乔治。
Biff Tannen's insult to George McFly in the 1985 film Back to the Future. It is a classic line that shows how a bully uses 'wimp' to mock someone weak and timid.
这是1985年电影《回到未来》中比夫·坦南侮辱乔治·麦克弗莱的话。这句经典台词展示了霸凌者如何用“wimp”嘲笑软弱胆小的人。
Use wimp naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
wimp 的尾音像泄气的“噗”，懦弱之人遇事就像泄了气。
语域：informal 常见场景：日常口语、朋友间调侃、贬义语境 wimp 比较口语化，多用于非正式场合，常带有贬义，正式写作中较少使用。
这六个词的词尾都是 /ɪmp/，与 wimp 押韵。注意拼写相近但不押韵的词，如 wimple /ˈwɪmpəl/ 和 wimpy /ˈwɪmpi/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.