1WORK HARDnot trying very hard, because you do not want to do something, or you are not confident that you can succeed 〔因不想做或没有信心而〕半心半意的,未尽全力的SYN half-hearted
She made a rather faint-hearted attempt to stop him from leaving.
她没有尽力挽留他。
2.something is not for the faint-heartedDIFFICULTused humorously to say that something is difficult and needs a lot of effort 某事不是弱者所能干的〔幽默用法〕
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something is not for the faint-hearted• Playing foreignmarketsis not for the faint-hearted.• Well, starting your own business is not for the faint-hearted.• Litigationis not for the faint-hearted - or the half-hearted.
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faint-hearted• If predators do not oblige, the pests are picked off and squashed - not a job for the faint-hearted!• None of this is for the faint-hearted.• Not a city for the lily-livered or faint-hearted.• Playing foreign markets is not for the faint-hearted.• The coastguardduties included patrolling paths at the top of high and sheercliffs - not a job for the faint-hearted.• This is not an investment for the faint-hearted.• Neither Baron Korf nor Iakov Rostovtsev owned serfs, but the one was faint-hearted and the other unimaginative.• Not that it is a post for the faint-hearted, even today.