wishy-washy的意思|wishy-washy的解释-里氏词典

wishy-washy

a. 淡而无味的, 空泛的

wishy-washy

[ adj ]
weak in willpower, courage or vitality
<adj.all>

Wishy-washy \Wish"y-wash`y\, a. [See {Wash}.]
Thin and pale; weak; without strength or substance; --
originally said of liquids. Fig., weak-minded; spiritless.

A weak wishy-washy man who had hardly any mind of his
own. --A. Trollope.

Wishy-washy \Wish"y-wash`y\, n.
A weak or thin drink or liquor; wish-wash.

If the government's approach to monetary control is as wishy-washy as this, how seriously can we take the target for underlying inflation?
"It was a wishy-washy market."
Mr. Dole is "wishy-washy."
Still, others see the Bush tendency toward consultation as too wishy-washy to force the institutional changes in Washington's power structure that they desire.
The chorus, dressed in wishy-washy apricot robes, adopted static, doll-like poses.
But he says that his 'will not be a wishy-washy, flip-flopping leadership'. His 40-year experience in the military, he says, is just part of a 'well-rounded' government service.
If this sounds wishy-washy, it is probably meant to be.
Sometimes, bouquet garni is a wishy-washy nonentity.

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