be weak and useless
How weak she was not to grasp the love thrown in her way!
她不会攫住路遇的爱情,是多么懦弱无能!
—— 辞典例句He was a weak little mouse of a man.
他是个懦弱无能的人。
—— 给力词典精选Excepting its commendatory senses, tortoise has a derogatory sense. As one man running into difficulties, he resemble shrinking however head tortoise.
除了以上祥瑞之意,龟也有贬义,比如,表示一个人懦弱无能,遇到危险就退缩。
—— 给力词典精选Excessive patience, that is cowardly incompetence - a body will not be used to put up straight, an obedient soul will not be distributed from the passion of life.
过度忍耐,就是懦弱无能,—个习惯了逆来顺受的身躯不会挺直,一颗唯命是从的心灵不会散发生活的激情。
—— 给力词典精选Often failed to use it as an excuse to cover up the weak and incompetent in Egypt, but never hard to understand the mystery of this place.
人们经常把它当作失败后的托词,用来掩饰埃及的懦弱无能,却从不用心去体会这句话的奥妙之处。
—— 给力词典精选