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faint-heartedness - traduzione in italiano
Faint action; False action
faint-heartedness
vigliaccheria, vilt
pusillanime
pusillanimous, faint-hearted, fearful, cowardly
faint hearted
pusillanime
Definizione
faint
¦ adjective
1. (of a sight, smell, or sound) barely perceptible.
(of a hope, chance, or idea) slight.
2. close to losing consciousness.
¦ verb briefly lose consciousness because of a temporarily insufficient supply of oxygen to the brain.
¦ noun a sudden loss of consciousness.
Derivatives
faintly adverb
faintness noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. faint, feint, past participle of faindre, feindre (see feign).
Wikipedia
Feigned action
Feigned action is an action brought on a pretended right, when the plaintiff has no true cause of action, for some illegal purpose. In a feigned action the words of the writ are true; it differs from false action, in which case the words of the writ are false.
Co. Litt. 361, sect. 689. Vide Fictitious action.
Esempi dal corpus di testo per faint-heartedness
1. And on the brink of what would be an astonishing victory no one can possibly accuse a single member of the England side of faint–heartedness.
2. The paper published the story two months later –– without the owner‘s consent –– alongside an editorial that explained the delay and apologized for the editors‘ "faint–heartedness." "The most important thing to us, dear readers, is that it is impossible not to print the truth in this newspaper," the editorial said.
3. Policy towards the control of smoking in public places and workplaces has been a litany of good intentions undermined by faint–heartedness." Plans by Patricia Hewitt, health secretary, to introduce a blanket ban were thwarted in October by John Reid, her predecessor, with the support of Tony Blair, prime minister.
4. Delivering the Dimbleby lecture in Central London last night, he warned that to leave before the local forces were fully able to deal with the violence and were properly trained would be "morally wrong and a fundamental strategic mistake." Stressing "Faint–heartedness is not conducive to campaign success", he said "What we cannot do is cut and run on these strategic campaigns before it is right to do so.