退缩

The dog cringed when it saw my stick.

狗看见我的手杖就退缩了。

The naughty dog cowered in a corner.

那条不听话的狗退缩到角落。

Most people would recoil at the sight of the snake.

许多人看见蛇都会向后退缩。

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

你还想跳伞吗，还是想临阵退缩？

I flinched, but only in play .

我退缩了，但只是开开玩笑而已。

The dog shrank from the whip.

那狗退缩以躲避鞭子。

He always retreated emotionally at the first whiff of conflict.

只要有一点冲突的迹象，在感情上就退缩。

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

我羞愧地忏悔了——冷冰冰地退缩，像个蜗牛。

Ade bashfully shied.

艾德羞得退缩了。

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.

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

希抛开了人们对能力的偏见，克服了那些让人忍不住退缩的压力，一路艰难跋涉而来，这是一件需要勇气的事。