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架, 也变服帖了, 巴克只三次便成为他们的老大, 因此只要他鬃毛竖、龇, 他们便退避三舍了。

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。

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，在酒吧那个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。

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个满脸蜂刺，那就退避三舍。

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.

马修斯女士将这次选举比作场拔河比赛，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，即使这时不少女性选民对特朗普退避三舍了。

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

除了暂时放弃家之主的权力，什么也做不了，为了既不妨碍别人也不心安理，只有退避三舍了。

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.

甚至阿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，以至于所有人都不不退避三舍。

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，我不不退避三舍。

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

若你是我的孙女，我会退避三舍。

I am no friend of the people. As a force, by which the tenor of the time is conditioned, they inspire me with distrust, with fear; as a visible multitude, they make me shrink aloof, and often move me to abhorrence.

我不是人民的朋友。作为种决定时代基调的力量，它们使我充满怀疑和恐惧；作为个看见的群众，他们让我退避三舍，常常让我厌恶。

The sarcasm that had repelled, the harshness that had startled me once, were only like keen condiments in a choice dish: their presence was pungent, but their absence would be felt as comparatively insipid.

曾经让我退避三舍的讥讽、令我吃惊的严厉，在却像选中的菜肴中浓烈调味的佐料，有了它们，热辣刺激，没有，便觉寡淡难以接受。

In theory, a bear should be able to crush a cougar, but it seems to be the bear is just saying, this thing could hurt me, so I'm not gonna risk injury, and backs away.

理论上， 熊应该能压制美洲狮，但看起来熊只是在达，这东西可能伤到我， 所以我不愿冒险受伤，于是退避三舍。

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， 两个懒散的小伙子用力“嗨” 了声！

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个新页面，专门用来发出信息， 以使人们退避三舍。

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.

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

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见到你走进俱乐部房间就退避三舍呢？

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

提到莎士比亚，很多人就退避三舍，双手摊示无奈。