We may be indecisive and afraid, shying away from hard decisions and ignoring the problems right in front of us.

我们可能会优柔寡断、畏首畏尾，对艰难的决定退避三舍，对眼前的问题视而不见。

Something made me shrink away from that very kind offer of a snack.

某种东西让我对那份友善的点心提议退避三舍。

Even the Arab slave traders had reportedly been put off by stories of man-eating cannibals.

拉伯奴隶贩子也因为听说有人吃人的食人族而退避三舍。

He made so severe an assault that all had to give way before it.

他发起了如此猛烈的进攻，以于所有人都不得不退避三舍。

And when those men would start relationships, I had to back off.

而当这些男性开始建立关系时，我不得不退避三舍。

If you are a granddaughter, I'll back away.

若你是我的孙，我会退避三舍。

And if it repels them, then they probably weren't interested in anything serious with you anyway.

如果这让他们退避三舍，那么他们可能本来就对你没打算认。

Everyone will back off very quickly.

大家都会迅速退避三舍。

At the mere mention of Shakespeare, many people retreat back and throw up their hands in frustration.

一提到莎士比亚，很多人就退避三舍，双手一摊表示无奈。

He has nothing for it but to abdicate for a time, and run from an evil which he can neither prevent nor mollify.

除了暂时放弃一家之主的权力，什么也做不了，为了既不妨碍别人也不表现得心安理得，只有退避三舍了。

Why is it, Dorian, that a man like the Duke of Berwick leaves the room of a club when you enter it?

为什么，多里安，像贝维克公爵那样的人一见到你走进俱乐部房间就退避三舍呢？

To cite some common ones: A girl wants above all else to marry, yet shrinks from the advances of any man.

以下是一些常见的例子：一最想结婚，却对任何男人的追求退避三舍。

Now here, the opposition leader, Susan Lee, she will back out of this if she's ever elected to government at a million miles an hour.

现在， 反对党领袖苏珊·李表示，如果她有朝一日以迅雷不及掩耳之势当选政府， 她将对此事退避三舍。

Okay, the scary one who'll buttonhole you in the pub and bang on and on about George Eliot and Charles Dickens, and you'll be backing off from the awful pong.

好吧，在酒吧那令人不安的家伙强留你进行谈话，他滔滔不绝的赞美乔治·艾略特和查尔斯·狄更斯，口中散发出的恶臭令你退避三舍。

Likening the election to a tug of war, Ms. Matthews said the president was trying to energize his predominantly white and male base even as moderate women recoil from him.

马修斯士将这次选举比作一场拔河比赛，她说，总统正在努力给他主要的后援白人和男性选民加油打气，即使这时不少性选民对特朗普退避三舍了。

And Baggs' reaction to this was to make a new page on their voice machine, which was devoted to saying things to get people to back off.

而对此，巴格斯的反应是， 在他们的语音机器上创建了一新页面，专门用来发出信息， 以使人们退避三舍。

There were fierce fighters among them, but three battles with the fiercest brought Buck to mastery, so that when he bristled and showed his teeth they got out of his way.

其中不乏骁勇善战之辈, 但即使最凶的狗和巴克打上一架, 也变得服帖了, 巴克只三次便成为他们的老大, 因此只要他鬃毛一竖、牙齿一龇, 他们便退避三舍了。

The lady turned pale and shrank away, a chivalrous male repelled the animal with his umbrella, and two idle boys backed his action by a vigorous " Hi" !

贵妇人脸色惨白退避三舍， 侠义男子撑伞击退野兽， 两懒散的小伙子用力“嗨” 了一声！

Or maybe, Russo wondered, was it a clever attempt to trick potential predators into thinking that they might want to back off if they don't want to wind up with a face full of bee stings?

抑或如 Russo 猜测的那样，是聪明的蝙蝠玩花招，让潜在捕食者认为如果不想最后弄满脸蜂刺，那就退避三舍。

But if you shy away from new and difficult ideas, you become like the grandparent who uses old technology because they're too scared to learn the new one, and by doing so, you limit your own potential.

但是，如果你对新的、难懂的观念退避三舍，你就会像使用旧技术的祖父母一样，因为他们太害怕学习新技术，而这样做，你就限制了你自己的潜力。