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。
• However, if your friend pretends over and over again to try and hit you, you can also enter a habituation learning phase, where you stop flinching, since you realize that it's all just a ploy.
  但如果你的朋友总是假装一次又一次的这样做，你也可能进入到习惯性学习阶段，这时你不再退缩，因为你认识到那仅仅是个假象。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Shrinking or flinching in fear.
  在害怕中退缩或者畏缩。
• This man had faced danger and death without flinching.
  此人毫不畏惧地面对过危险和死亡。
• The explorers endured without flinching the rigours of an arctic winter.
  探险家们毫不畏缩地忍受北极冬天的严寒。
• She listened to the teacher's criticisms without flinching.
  她毫不畏缩地听着老师的批评。
• The main conclusions are as follows: ( 1) The glacier presented obvious flinching and the glacier in different basin changed differently.
  分析得出的主要结论有：（1）奇台县冰川20年来呈现显著退缩状态，不同流域的冰川在不同时期的变化不一致。