名詞 namby-pamby:

1. an insipid weakling who is foolishly sentimental

形容詞 namby-pamby:

1. weak in willpower, courage or vitality
   同義詞：gutless, spineless, wishy-washy

1. Don't be such a namby-pamby!
   別那麼千愁萬慮的！

nam.by-pam.by

adj.（形容詞）
Insipid and sentimental.
乏味的，傷感的
Lacking vigor or decisiveness; spineless.
無生氣的：毫無生氣的或矯揉造作的；懦弱的
n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 nam.by-pam.bies
One that is insipid, sentimental, or weak.
易感傷的人：缺乏生氣，矯揉造作或虛弱的人

來源：
After Namby-Pamby , a satire on the poetry of Ambrose Philips ('74-749) by Henry Carey ('87ô-743)
源自 Namby-Pamby ，針對安布羅斯·菲利普斯（'74-749年）的詩歌的諷刺，由亨利·凱瑞（'87ô-743年）著

<注釋>We are being very literary when we call someone anamby-pamby. This word is derived from the name of Ambrose Philips,a little-known poet who wrote verse that incurred the sharp ridicule of two other 8th-century poets, Alexander Pope and his friend Henry Carey.Their ridicule, inspired by political differences and literary rivalry,actually had little to do with the quality of Philips`s poetry.In poking fun at some children`s verse written by Philips,Carey used the nicknameNamby Pamby : .So the Nurses get by Heart Namby Pamby`s Little Rhimes..Pope then used the name in the 733 edition of his satirical epicThe Dunciad. The first part of Carey`s coinage came fromAmby, or Ambrose. Pamby repeated the sound and formbut added the initial of Philips`s name.Such a process of repetition is called reduplication.After being popularized by Pope,namby-pamby went on to be used generally for people or things that are insipid, sentimental, or weak.
當我們評價某人namby-pamby 時，就顯得文學(xué)性很強。 這個單詞源于安布羅斯·菲利普斯的名字，這個小有名氣的詩人寫的作品曾遭8世紀另兩名詩人，亞歷山大·波普和他的朋友亨利·凱瑞尖銳的批評，他們的批評出于政治觀點的不同及文學(xué)競爭，事實上與菲利普斯的詩的性質(zhì)并無多大關(guān)系。在取笑攻擊菲利普斯寫的一些孩子們的詩時，凱瑞用綽號Namby Pamby ： .所以護士們的芳心被Namby Pamby的小酸詩打動了.。波普接著在他733年的諷刺長詩群愚史詩 中沿用此名。 凱瑞所創(chuàng)造的新詞的前一部分來自Amby 或 Ambrose。 Pamby 重復(fù)了其聲音及形式，但加上了菲利普斯的首字母。這種重復(fù)過程叫做重復(fù)。當namby-pampy 被波普推廣后，人們逐漸用它表示乏味的、傷感的或虛弱的人或物