苟且偷生贪图眼前的存活缺乏远见或贪生怕死。例我们看到的却只有苟且偷生这里并没有一点光荣。——巴金《无题》英drag out an ignoble existence;[查看详情]

苟延残喘苟且延续最后一点气息形容生命即将终结。例今日之事何不使我得早处囊中以苟延残喘乎？——明马中锡《中山狼传》历来的反动政权每当它摇摇欲坠、苟延残喘之际就会越来越人心涣散众叛亲离，这是必然的规律。英eke out a miserable lif; be on one's last legs;[查看详情]

贪生怕死一味自爱生命惧怕死亡。原指士兵作战因怕死而退缩不前。现在已逐渐产生新义即凡是在工作中怕脏、怕累、怕危险等等，皆属此列。英cravenly cling to life instead of braving death; care for nothing but saving one's skin; be mortally afraid of death;[查看详情]

临阵脱逃军人逃离战场。比喻遇事畏缩不前。英flee before battlebegins; run away on going into war; desert on the eve of a battle; turn the corner;指在枪林弹雨中潜逃。例不是半途溃散便是临阵脱逃。——清佚名《官场维新记》英bugout;[查看详情]