I'm not going to buckle under just because I get a few letters.

我不会因为区区几封信就打退堂鼓。

" If you want to go back, I won't blame you, " he said.

“如果你们现在想打退堂鼓，我不会怪你们。”

Then you gotta back away. You don't need that kind of hurt.

那就打退堂鼓 你不需要受种伤害。

Do not wimp out on me here. We've gotta do what's best for the business.

不要在个时候打退堂鼓。也是为了我们生意好。

Well, Daniel, I'm sorry that I backed down.

嗯 Daniel 对不起 我打退堂鼓了。

In America government spending on universities has been flat in recent years; in Australia, even as the price of humanities degrees doubles, so it will fall for subjects the government deems good for growth.

政们疑虑不仅仅源于怨憎。政府投资高等教育，是要通过提升人力资本来提高生。但在富裕国家，一面是大学蓬勃发展，一面却是生增长放缓。许多政怀疑大学没有在传授正确内容，培养出毕业生数量又超出了劳动力市场需求。难怪政府开始打退堂鼓。美国政府对大学投入近年一直没有增长；在澳大利亚，人文学科学费翻了一番，而那些政府认为有助于提高生学科学费还是会下降。

And they often say, " If I had known how hard it was gonna be, it probably would've put me off from starting in the first place."

“要是我早知道难，我可能一开始就打退堂鼓了。”

" He'd say, 'This is the year, I'm getting things together, ' and then when it came time to do it, he just couldn't do it, " he said.

“他会说，‘今年可以发表了，我要把一切都准备好，’但事到临头，他又会打退堂鼓，”小塞林格说。

I mean, that right there, that fact alone is enough to stop a lot of people, a lot of companies from trying to do something.

我意思是，那个事实本身就已经足以让很多人和公司打退堂鼓了。

There have been many tales of monkeys who, armed with sticks, have joined together and made war or resisted their enemies with great effect.

曾经有很多关于猴子传说，说它们用木棍武装起来，并肩作战，有效地和敌人战斗或是打退它们敌人。

But if you're new, DOMS can catch you off guard and even scare you away from ever working out again.

但如果你是新人，DOMS 就会使你心生警惕甚至在你要再次锻炼仍会把你吓得打退堂鼓。

There was desperate fighting at New Hope Church, eleven days of continuous fighting, with every Yankee assault bloodily repulsed.

在纽霍教堂接连激战了１１昼夜，北军每次进攻都被打退了。

After all you've done, you can't give up now. Please! If he doesn't receive treatment, he'll die. OK.

你了多，不能现在打退堂鼓。求你了！如果不立刻治疗，他会没命。 好吧 .

I found these stories so depressing that I gave up before even really starting down the partner track.

我发现些故事让人心情压抑，导致我还没开始向成为合伙人目标迈进就打退堂鼓了。

" Braggarts and rogues, dogs and scoundrels, drive them out, Harry Potter, see them off! "

“吹牛大王、混蛋、臭流氓、无赖，把他们赶出去，哈利·波特，把他们打退！”

Jerry Smith from Earth didn't flinch!

地球Jerry Smith可没有打退堂鼓！

He's kind of getting cold feet.

他有点儿打退堂鼓了。

No one had lost faith in the invincibility of the troops but everyone, the civilians at least, had lost faith in the General. New Hope Church was only thirty-five miles from Atlanta!

谁也没有丧失对自己军队不可战胜信心，可是人人，至少是每个市民，都不再信任他们将军了，纽霍教堂距离亚特兰大只有３５英里呢！而将军在过去三个星期被北方佬打退了６５英里！他为什不将北军挡住，反而节节败退呢？他是个笨蛋，比苯蛋还愚笨啊！那些乡团里胡子兵和民兵队员安然无恙地待在亚特兰大，但都固执地认为要是让他们来打个战役一定会打得好些，并且把地图铺在桌上指指点点地说明自己作战方案。

None of my neighbors can accuse me of being backward in doing them a kindness whenever it is possible.

没有任何一位邻居指责我，说我在可能帮到他们忙时打退堂鼓。

Resolutely she tried to fight off this thought but it only made her cry harder.

地下决心要打退种想法，可结果反而使她哭得更加伤心了。