wishy-washy

/wish-ee-wosh-ee, -waw-shee/US // ˈwɪʃ iˌwɒʃ i, -ˌwɔ ʃi //UK // (ˈwɪʃɪˌwɒʃɪ) //

虚虚实实,虚虚实实的,踌躇满志,踌躇不前

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : lacking in decisiveness; without strength or character; irresolute.
- : washy or watery, as a liquid; thin and weak.

adj.bland, dull

Synonyms

But his Republican party in Washington considers this conservative too wishy-washy to be prime GOP material.
That these terms happen, however, to be such wishy-washy ones—"cute, interesting, zany"—seems depressing.
Were his wishy-washy answers in the debate merely an attempt to fool the center into voting for an Islamist candidate?
The offspring of feisty politicos are often kinder, gentler, wishy-washier versions of dear old dad.
"The idea seemed really wishy-washy at first, but as I got more religious it began to make sense," he says.
A man with a feeble, wishy-washy expression holds by each hand a fierce, but subjugated tiger.
Utterly opposed to any such wishy-washy settlement of our national difficulties, I vote "no."
The contrast when the good man got into the pulpit and began to pray in a borrowed, washy lingo—extempore in more senses than one!
His color is about his worst point, as he is a light, washy chestnut, with a bald face and three white heels.
In No. 298, The Watering-place, the rather heavy paint of the foliage gives a thin washy look to the foreground.

/wish-ee-wosh-ee, -waw-shee/US // ˈwɪʃ iˌwɒʃ i, -ˌwɔ ʃi //UK // (ˈwɪʃɪˌwɒʃɪ) //

虚虚实实,虚虚实实的,踌躇满志,踌躇不前

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : lacking in decisiveness; without strength or character; irresolute.
- : washy or watery, as a liquid; thin and weak.

adj.bland, dull

Synonyms

But his Republican party in Washington considers this conservative too wishy-washy to be prime GOP material.
That these terms happen, however, to be such wishy-washy ones—"cute, interesting, zany"—seems depressing.
Were his wishy-washy answers in the debate merely an attempt to fool the center into voting for an Islamist candidate?
The offspring of feisty politicos are often kinder, gentler, wishy-washier versions of dear old dad.
"The idea seemed really wishy-washy at first, but as I got more religious it began to make sense," he says.
A man with a feeble, wishy-washy expression holds by each hand a fierce, but subjugated tiger.
Utterly opposed to any such wishy-washy settlement of our national difficulties, I vote "no."
The contrast when the good man got into the pulpit and began to pray in a borrowed, washy lingo—extempore in more senses than one!
His color is about his worst point, as he is a light, washy chestnut, with a bald face and three white heels.
In No. 298, The Watering-place, the rather heavy paint of the foliage gives a thin washy look to the foreground.