1.畏缩,退缩
1.to move your body down and away from someone or something because you are frightened
1.A young, lanky, man with grey blue eyes and short black hair wearing khaki pants and a white cotton tee was cowering against the wall.
一个身材瘦长的年轻人靠在在墙上蜷缩成一团，他长着一双蓝灰色的眼睛，留着一头乌黑的短发，穿着卡其布长裤和白色棉T恤衫。
2.But Bush is unlikely ever to escape the image of him cowering behind a lectern watched by an unruffled Iraqi prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki.
不过，正如当时安详的伊拉克总理马基利所见到的那样，布什蜷缩在演讲台后的狼狈形象已被定格。
3.We were all representatives of a shadow society, cowering under a cloud of bad tidings that would never come.
我们只是影子社会的芸芸众生，畏缩在永未实现的不测风云背后。
4.The most notorious pirates from around the world are uniting against our enemy, and yet you sit here cowering in your bathwater!
世界各处的那些声名狼籍的海盗都在联合起来对抗我们的敌人，而你却坐在这儿，委琐在你的洗澡水里。
5.what a thing it is to be a ghost, cowering and shivering in an altered world, a prey to apprehension and despair!
成为鬼魂是这么一件事啊，在一个变样的世界里畏缩和颤抖，受尽恐惧与绝望。
6.Another daughter was discovered cowering under a bed with her hand severed.
店主的另一个女儿被发现蜷缩在床下，被砍断了一只手。
7.My Mom saw it all from the bedroom window and by the time she came rushing outside, we were cowering in the bushes, crying and hysterical.
我妈妈从卧室窗户里看到了这一幕，她赶快冲到外面，在灌木丛里找到了颤抖的我们，那时，我们正歇斯底里地大哭不止。
8.The fox, who had attended the steps of his fell mistress, uttered a dismal howl , and ran cowering back to the inner cave.
那只刚才跟在它的残忍的女主人后面走来的狐狸，发出一声凄厉的嚎叫，哆嗦着奔回洞窟里去。
9.She bent down and discovered Cosette cowering at the other end of the table, almost under the drinkers' feet.
她弯下腰去，发现珂赛特蜷做一团，缩到桌子的那一头去了，几乎到了酒客们的脚底下。
10.Yet those expecting private-equity executives to be cowering in fear of retribution will be disappointed.
但是那些指望私募股权经理因为惧怕亏损而退缩的人要失望了。