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。
• The young woman next to him flinched.
  他旁边的年轻女子有点不好意思。
• 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。
• I flinched back from the venom in her voice.
  我因为她话语里的怨恨而畏缩了一下。
• Pamela flinched each time he yelled at her.
  他每朝她叫嚷一次，帕梅拉就退缩一下。
• 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。
• 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。
• She flinched as though a bright light had suddenly dazzled her eyes.
  她退缩了，就好像有道强光突然使她眼花了似的。
• 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。
• 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。