退缩

The dog cringed when it saw my stick.

狗看见我的手杖就退缩了。

The naughty dog cowered in a corner.

那条不听话的狗退缩到角落里。

Most people would recoil at the sight of the snake.

许多人看见蛇都会向后退缩。

I flinched, but only in play .

我退缩了，但只是笑而已。

Do you still want to do this parachute jump or are you getting cold feet?

你想跳伞吗，是想临阵退缩？

The dog shrank from the whip.

那狗退缩以躲避鞭子。

He always retreated emotionally at the first whiff of conflict.

只要有一点冲突的迹象，在感情上就退缩。

I confess it with shame--shrunk icily into myself, like a snail.

我羞愧地忏悔了——冷冰冰地退缩，像个蜗牛。

Ade bashfully shied.

艾德羞得退缩了。

At this time your mind will be filled with such words as helpless, vacuous, choiceless, powerless.Such being the case, your only strategy is attention distracting.

逃避是在有搞清楚自己是否能够、是否应该应对之前已经退缩，那与清楚地判断确实无能为力之后理性地接受完全不是一回事儿。

Hilario shrugged off the rank implausibility of his situation, ignored the wince-inducing pressure and waded straight into the deep end, which has got to take some guts.

希拉里奥抛了人们对能力的偏见，克服了那些让人忍不住退缩的压力，一路艰难跋涉而来，这是一件需要勇气的事。