They shrank into the shadows and watched as it emerged into a patch of moonlight.

他们赶紧缩到暗处，注视着它慢慢走进一片月光。

I won't back down from the fight.

我不缩放弃。

I-I'm not totally sure I'm not bailing.

我不很确定我不临阵缩。

Refuse to hold yourself back, and dare to dream big.

拒绝缩，敢于梦想。

Warmer waters around retreating glaciers like the one in Antarctica expedite the process.

南极的冰川一样，缩的冰川周围温暖的海水加速了这一过程。

Grade-two thinking is a withdrawal, with eyes and ears open.

第二级思考者一种缩或冷漠，但第二级思考者们看得清楚，听得明白。

Most reasonable people shy away from pain.

大多数正常人在疼痛面前缩。

If you try to stop then, the body goes through withdraw.

如果你试图停下来，身体就缩。

But within a couple of weeks, he started to get cold feet.

但在几个星期内，他就开始临阵缩了。

When you're overburdened with work, you retreat into your shell.

当工作负担过重，你就缩。

You hold yourself back because you're worried about looking stupid.

你缩因为你担心自己看起来很蠢。

But she never backed down, and she changed lives and she changed journalism forever.

但她从未缩，她改变了生活，永远改变了新闻业。

I know that fear definitely holds a lot of us back, and it's very understandable.

我知道恐惧肯定让我们很多人缩，这非常可以理解的。

They give the other person a quick, vague excuse, and then withdraw even more.

他们给对方一个迅速而含糊的借口，然后进一步缩。

" No, Monsieur, I am Edmond Dantes." Danglars gave a terrible gasp and fell backward.

“不，先生，我爱德蒙·邓蒂斯。”邓格拉斯惊恐地喘息着向后缩。

The phrasal verb chicken out has a similar meaning.

动词短语chicken out（临阵缩）也有着类似的意思。

If you chicken out, you decide not to do something because you are too scared.

如果你临阵缩，你决定不去做某事因为你害怕。

But they held back, understanding that such action would break the World Trade Organisation's rules.

但他们缩了，因为他们明白，这样的行为将违反世界贸易组织的规则。

Even some hardened " hodlers" have been getting cold feet.

即时一些坚定的“持币者”也开始胆怯缩。

They say it's a retreat and will only embolden ISIS in Syria and elsewhere.

他们表示，这一决定在缩，只助长ISIS在叙利亚和其他地方的气焰。