namby-pamby
adjective /ˌnæmbi ˈpæmbi/
/ˌnæmbi ˈpæmbi/
(informal, disapproving)- 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. - He rejected any affection as namby-pamby nonsense.