flinching

英 [ˈflɪntʃɪŋ]

美 [ˈflɪntʃɪŋ]

v.  (突然)退缩; 畏缩
flinch的现在分词

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

• But for that to happen, India must stop flinching from commercial engagement with the rest of the world and learn to embrace it as an invigorating challenge.
  不过，要实现这个目标，印度必须大胆地与全球其它国家进行商业往来，勇敢面对这个令人振奋的挑战。
• At the present time, these domestic installations are the imports from the external. Meanwhile, the price is expensive, from different of 10 thousand dollars to 20 thousand dollars. Such price allows a lot of domestic consumers flinching.
  目前国内的使用的这些设备主要由国外进口，价格昂贵，从10～20万美元不等，这样的价格让国内的很多用户望而却步。
• But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.
  但是如果立即面对它毫不退缩，危险便会减半。
• In the mid-19th century this meant to meet a test without flinching; the modern sense emerged over half a century later.
  在19世纪中期，它是指面对考验毫无畏惧。而一个半世纪后，它的意思已演变为现今的意思。
• Effect of manual paper-folding training to improve negative symptoms and flinching behavior of schizophrenia patients
  手工折纸训练对精神分裂症病人阴性症状和退缩行为改善的影响
• They mainly use problem-solving and help-seeking methods; then they use fantasy, flinching and rationalizing methods, seldom use self-blaming method. 4.
  主要采用解决问题和求助的应付方式，其次是幻想、退避及合理化，最少用的是自责。
• He listened to the jeers of the crowd without flinching.
  他毫不畏惧地听着群众的嘲笑。
• Bill listened to the insults without flinching.
  比尔听着这些辱骂没有退缩。
• My thought struggled at confessing, somehow hesitation ended in flinching.
  然妾心忏悔，百般挣扎，踌躇彷徨，畏葸不前。
• He met my gaze without flinching.
  他毫不畏缩，跟我对视着。