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 schoolarship 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.