namby-pamby

adj.

1. 脆弱的；多愁善感的
   weak and too emotional

1. Android is a Linux-based OS, although it doesn't sign on to that namby-pamby free, open-source philosophy.
   Android也是一个基于Linux的操作系统，虽然它没有遵从那个娇柔做作的自由、开源软件哲学。
2. Look, we don't need these namby-pamby wacko freaks.
   听着，别理这个疯子。
3. He thought the boys were namby-pamby and decided to toughed them up.
   他认为这些孩子性格太软弱，决定使他们坚强起来。
4. Irenic without being namby-pamby; an irenic attitude toward former antagonists.
   毫不做作的和平主义；对前对手的和平的态度。
5. Namby-pamby boys afraid to leave their mother's apron strings.
   怕离开母亲的柔弱男孩子。
6. Don't be such a namby-pamby!
   别那麽千愁万虑的！
7. All this might sound a bit namby-pamby to pioneers like Sister Dong ( who says that she hasn't had a holiday for20 years) and Zhang Yin ( who boasts that: "My success came from my character").
   对于董姐和张茵这样的先锋来说，这一切也许显得婆婆妈妈。董姐说她20年没有过过一次节日；

noun

1. an insipid weakling who is foolishly sentimental

adj

1. weak in willpower, courage or vitality

   Synonym:    gutlessspinelesswishy-washy