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词汇 namby-pamby
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namby-pamby

adjective
/ˌnæmbi ˈpæmbi/
/ˌnæmbi ˈpæmbi/
(informal, disapproving)
  1. weak and too emotional脆弱的;多愁善感的
    • He rejected any affection as namby-pamby nonsense.他拒绝任何感情,认为这是一派胡言。
    词源mid 18th cent.: fanciful formation based on the given name of Ambrose Philips (died 1749), an English writer whose pastoral poems were ridiculed by Pope and others.
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