退缩

The dog cringed when it saw my stick.

狗看见我的手杖就退缩。

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

你还想跳伞吗，还想临阵退缩？

He always retreated emotionally at the first whiff of conflict.

只要有一点冲突的迹象，他感情上就退缩。

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

我羞愧地——冷冰冰地退缩，像个蜗牛。

I flinched, but only in play .

我退缩，但只开开玩笑而已。

Most people would recoil at the sight of the snake.

许多人看见蛇都会向退缩。

The naughty dog cowered in a corner.

那条不听话的狗退缩到角落里。

The dog shrank from the whip.

那狗退缩以躲鞭子。

Ade bashfully shied.

艾德羞得退缩。

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.

逃还没有搞清楚自己否能够、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理性地接受完全不一回事儿。

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.

希拉里奥抛开人们对他能力的偏见，克服那些让人忍不住退缩的压力，一路艰难跋涉而来，这一件需要勇气的事。