flinched

英 [flɪntʃt]

美 [flɪntʃt]

v.  (突然)退缩; 畏缩
flinch的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 退缩;畏缩
  If youflinch, you make a small sudden movement, especially when something surprises you or hurts you.
  1. Murat had looked into the eyes of the firing squad without flinching...
     穆拉特毫不退缩地直视着执行枪决的行刑队员们的眼睛。
  2. The sharp surface of the rock caught at her skin, making her flinch.
     岩石尖尖的表面剐到了她的皮肤，令她后缩了一下。
• VERB 躲避;回避;不愿意做
  If youflinchfromsomething unpleasant, you are unwilling to do it or think about it, or you avoid doing it.
  1. The world community should not flinch in the face of this challenge...
     国际社会在面对这一挑战时不应该回避。
  2. He has never flinched from harsh financial decisions.
     在艰难的财政决策面前他从没有退缩过。

双语例句

• From now on, I do not care what kind of difficulties encountered, we must face with confidence, insisted in the end, and never flinched.
  从现在开始，我不在乎什么样的困难，我们必须面对的信心，坚持到底，永不退缩。
• As I flinched away from him, shrinking against my chair, the phrase if looks could kill suddenly ran through my mind.
  我畏缩地收回视线，在凳子上蜷成一团，那句名言“如果用眼神可以杀人”忽然闯入我的脑海。
• This tough Corsican never flinched or failed. I do not mistrust the future; I do not fear what is ahead.
  这个刚毅的科西嘉人从来没有任何畏缩或沮丧。我对未来并非缺乏信心，对前景也毫无畏惧。
• He has never flinched from harsh financial decisions.
  在艰难的财政决策面前他从没有退缩过。
• Facing down the White House or personal tragedy, Katharine Graham never flinched.
  面对白宫施加的压力或是个人悲剧性的经历，凯瑟琳·格雷厄姆从未退缩。
• In recent years, the people has gradually had comprehensive knowledge of superiority of implementing wide azimuth survey but flinched from more expensive acquisition cost because of higher folds and smaller bin size for wide azimuth survey.
  近年来，人们对开展宽方位角观测的优点有了比较全面的了解，但对于宽方位角观测一定要有更高的覆盖次数及更小的面元，即更昂贵的采集费用，有些望而却步。
• Thousands of civilians died while the European powers flinched from action without us participation, which Bill Clinton, then president, was slow to sanction.
  由于当时的美国总统比尔克林顿（billclinton）未能当机立断批准行动，欧洲大国在没有美国参与的情况下畏缩不前，最后造成成千上万的平民丧生。
• Pure-as-the-Dawn flinched, as the words sank in.
  领悟了“雪白”的话，‘洁如黎明’后退了一下。
• Everybody flinched at his tactlessness, but he went on regardless.
  大家看到他直言直说而不免畏缩起来但他不予理会继续说下去。
• Yet markets hardly flinched at the news, with negative reaction mostly contained in Hungary and Ireland.
  然而，这些消息昨日几乎未能让市场退缩，消极反应基本止步于匈牙利与爱尔兰国内。