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

• Possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching.
  拥有或者表现出勇气；能够没有畏缩的面对或处理危险或恐怖。
• Chan says Chinese Zodiac, and the many films before it, have taken their toll on his body. It hurts, it really hurts, he says, flinching. The shoulder, the ankle, it really hurts.
  成龙还表示：包括《十二生肖》在内以及之前的许多电影让他浑身伤病，电影中的打斗场面会让他受伤，这些伤痛非常疼，肩膀、脚踝以及很多地方都受过伤。
• He met my gaze without flinching.
  他毫不畏缩，跟我对视着。
• She listened to the teacher's criticisms without flinching.
  她毫不畏缩地听着老师的批评。
• Shrinking or flinching in fear.
  在害怕中退缩或者畏缩。
• 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。
• Stand it emphasizes even more strongly the ability to bear without diseomposure or flinching.
  它着重强调一种毫不动容、毫不畏缩的忍受能力。
• 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。
• 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。
• If it is a mountain, it will be lifted up and cast into a sea when you come squarely up, without flinching, to where you thought it was.
  如果是一座高山，当我们奋勇前进的时候，高山便会倒入海中。