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

• 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。
• He flinched each time he spoke to her.
  他每次和她说话都是畏畏缩缩的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Pamela flinched each time he yelled at her.
  他每朝她叫嚷一次，帕梅拉就退缩一下。
• Although multi-view auto stereo image is being applied in some special field, but many other application fields have been flinched for its high cost.
  虽然多视点自由立体图像在一些特殊领域中已经有所应用，但是其高昂的成本使很多应用领域都望而却步。
• Professor McGonagall flinched, but Dumbledore, who was unsticking two lemon drops, seemed not to notice.
  但正在剥柠檬的阿不思·邓布利多好像没留意到。
• They finally flinched late on Monday, announcing a roughly 3 percent increase in power prices for non-residential users in a move to combat looming blackouts by stimulating more electricity production and discouraging consumption.
  他们终于退缩了，于周一晚间宣布将非居民用电价格上调3%左右，意在通过刺激电商扩大生产和抑制电力消费，抵抗迫在眉睫的电荒。