退缩

The dog cringed when it saw my stick.

狗看见的手杖就缩了。

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

你还想跳伞吗，还是想临阵缩？

He always retreated emotionally at the first whiff of conflict.

只要有一点冲突的迹象，他在感情上就缩。

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

羞愧地忏悔了——冷冰冰地缩，像个蜗。

I flinched, but only in play .

缩了，但只是开开玩笑而已。

Most people would recoil at the sight of the snake.

许多人看见蛇都会向缩。

The naughty dog cowered in a corner.

那条不听话的狗缩到角落里。

The dog shrank from the whip.

那狗缩以子。

Ade bashfully shied.

艾德羞得缩了。

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.

逃是在还没有搞清楚自己是否能够、是否应该应对之前已经缩，那与清楚地判断确实无能为力之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.

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