halfhearted

adj

Lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve. / (obsolete) Lacking in heart or spirit; ungenerous; unkind.

He made a halfhearted attempt to finish the project.

意味（1）

Lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve.

He made a half-hearted attempt to read the chapter before giving up and dozing off.

意味（2）

(obsolete) Lacking in heart or spirit; ungenerous; unkind.

such animals,

Half-hearted creatures, as these are, your fox there