chickened

英 [ˈtʃɪkɪnd]

美 [ˈtʃɪkɪnd]

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双语例句

• Peter and I have promised to call on a new customer. She had an appointment to see the dentist but she chickened out at the last moment.
  彼得和我约好了要去见一位新客户。她约好了去治牙，但最后还是胆怯不敢去了。
• He chickened out of climbing up the tree.
  他胆怯起来，不敢爬这棵树了。
• I chickened out when I learned that a supply of loaded guns was going alongwith us.
  当我得知有一批装了子弹的枪支跟我们一起走时，我就吓得离开了。
• He decided to take flying lessons but just before they started he chickened out.
  他原决定去学飞行，可是刚要开始上飞行课，他就害怕了。
• I want to do something which I never do, but when I'm doing it I chickened out.
  我想做一些我以前从未尝试过的事情，但是当我真正去做时却因为害怕而临阵脱逃了。
• Bill was going to ask Lisa out on a date, but he chickened out at the last minute.
  比尔本来要约丽莎出去玩，但是最后却不敢开口。
• All the boys ran to put out the fire, but Mike chickened out.
  男孩都跑去救火，迈克却退缩了。
• I was going to go bungee jumping, but I chickened out.
  我是打算去蹦极的，但最后还是放弃了。
• But at the last moment he chickened out because his first three marriages ended in divorce and he was afraid to take another chance.
  可是，到了最后一分钟他胆怯了，因为他结过三次婚，最后结局都是离婚，所以他怕这次又会不成功。
• The band couldn't perform because the singer chickened out backstage. ( chicken out)
  这个乐团不能表演，因为主唱在后台临阵退缩了。