1.退缩,畏缩 (from)
2.同“flense”
1.退缩,畏缩
1.The possum flinched as if touched with a hot poker, and then made several effective broom-strokes in a row.
负鼠往后退缩，仿佛被一根烧红的拨火棍烫到了，然后用扫帚连续地扫了好几下。
2.Electrodes attached to his face measured how much he flinched on hearing the sound.
贴在他们脸上的电极检测他们听到噪声的畏惧程度。
3.The girl's father flinched. "I am not the kind of man you think I am, " he said.
女孩的父亲退缩着，“我不是你想象中的那种人，”他说。
4.The dwarf flinched. The knife landed between his feet and stood quivering in the deck. He plucked it out. "What's this? "
侏儒畏缩了一下。那把刀插在了他双脚之间在甲板上嗡嗡直晃。他拔出了它。“这是干嘛？”
5.Assef flinched. He began to take a step back, stopped. "Last chance, Hazara. "
阿塞夫一愣，他开始退后一步，“最后的机会了，哈扎拉人。”
6.Her eyes bored into mine , and I flinched back, wondering why she didn't drop her gaze or look ashamed.
她的眼睛钻进了我的眼睛，而我却缩了回来，我奇怪，为什么她不向下看，或是看上去是害羞的。
7.He never flinched after he was captured, on the contrary, he cherished the faith of fighting for freedom to the end.
被俘后的他并没有退缩，反而怀着为自由战斗到底的信念。
8.U. S. financial markets have barely flinched since a showdown over government funding began to catch headlines.
围绕政府财政的最后决战开始成为焦点后，美国金融市场基本没有退缩。
9.I flinched back and he grabbed the back of my neck with fingers like a vise. He shook me.
我才往后缩了缩，他那老虎钳般的手指就掐着我脖后跟把我扯了过去。
10.we had not flinched or wavered . we had not failed.
我们没有被吓倒，我们也没有动摇。我们并未失败。