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

• 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。
• 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。
• "I asked Ian to hug and kiss Julien in case he was dying, which Ian did without any flinching or qualms," Hagar said.
  我告诉伊恩抱着朱利安，并不时地亲吻他，以防他失去意识。对此伊恩没有丝毫退缩或犹豫。哈格说。
• The flinching and licking time of the injected paw were recorded.
  完成处理后，记录缩腿、舔爪时间。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Bill listened to the insults without flinching.
  比尔听着这些辱骂没有退缩。
• 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。