2018-11-05 Backbone

1. 他没有胆量，在最后一刻放弃了奖学金申请。

He doesn't have enough backbone and quit applying for scho o larship at the last moment.

Lacking the backbone, he gave up the scholarship application at the last minute.

2. 场景：

今天看了一本豆瓣评分8.5，喜欢的老师也强力推荐的书，看了两章，对里面的观点不敢苟同，但是因为觉得自己没有看完，况且只是20出头的学生，没有足够的阅历，所以也不敢直接说出自己的评价。

I don't have enough backbone to openly criticize the book.