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

• She flinched at the cutting acidity in his voice.
  她因他声音中透出的尖酸而退缩了。
• Pamela flinched each time he yelled at her.
  他每朝她叫嚷一次，帕梅拉就退缩一下。
• Hagrid flinched at the fury in the Potion Master's tone.
  海格退缩在药剂大师的语气愤怒。
• On hearing this, Hagen flinched, a nervous flick of his head.
  听到这个的时候黑根不安地眨起了眼睛。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Commercial real estate flinched a lot of real estate development enterprise due to risky and long return cycle, so the speculative is low.
  商业地产由于风险大、回报周期长，因此投机性较低，致使很多房地产开发企业望而却步。
• 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。
• The young woman next to him flinched.
  他旁边的年轻女子有点不好意思。