cringed

英 [krɪndʒd]

美 [krɪndʒd]

v.  畏缩; 怯退; 感到尴尬不安; 觉得难为情
cringe的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 为…觉得难为情;对…感到厌恶；退缩
  If youcringe atsomething, you feel embarrassed or disgusted, and perhaps show this feeling in your expression or by making a slight movement.
  1. Molly had cringed when Ann started picking up the guitar...
     安开始弹吉他时，莫莉感到有些难堪。
  2. Chris had cringed at the thought of using her own family for publicity...
     一想到要拿自己的家庭作宣传，克丽丝就感到厌烦。
  3. I cringed in horror.
     我吓得往后缩。

双语例句

• I cringed in horror.
  我吓得往后缩。
• Most women on our MPW list cringed at the word power 13 years ago when we launched the annual rankings.
  13年前，当我们开始评选年度最具影响力商界女性时，大部分人对于权力一词都感觉不太自在。
• The one towel in gynecology was creatively folded so that we could keep using it. ( There was none to cover for privacy). By the third day, I cringed at how wasteful I was the first day.
  妇科病房里唯一的一条毛巾也被我们巧妙地折叠着，以便可以长期使用（这里根本没有维护隐私权的遮布）。
• He kicked out at them and they cringed, but then they followed him across the yard.
  他朝它们踢去，它们退缩回去，但是，随后又跟着他走过了院子。
• I cringed, as I hate talk of company values.
  这话让我觉得厌烦，因为我讨厌说什么公司价值观。
• Each stay culminated in an uncomfortable peck on the cheek from Dad as he said goodbye – a moment I cringed about for hours in advance.
  每次逗留结束时我的脸颊总是会得到爸爸一个不舒服的吻，并对我说再见，这个时刻我已企盼了好几个小时。
• I cringed as I watched him raise his forepaw toward the cat and braced myself for the fatal blow.
  我看着它朝猫举起前爪，不禁倒吸了口气，随时准备看那猫挨上致命的一巴掌。
• He cringed to his superiors.
  他对上司卑躬曲膝。
• "I want to be your everything," Emily once said to me, and I cringed.
  即使是在这最后一天艾米莉所说的还是让我感到惊讶。
• She cringed at the sight of the dissected frog.
  她一看见被解剖的青蛙就退缩不前；