cringed

英 [krɪndʒd]

美 [krɪndʒd]

v.  畏缩; 怯退; 感到尴尬不安; 觉得难为情
cringe的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 为…觉得难为情;对…感到厌恶；退缩
  If youcringe atsomething, you feel embarrassed or disgusted, and perhaps show this feeling in your expression or by making a slight movement.
  1. Molly had cringed when Ann started picking up the guitar...
     安开始弹吉他时，莫莉感到有些难堪。
  2. Chris had cringed at the thought of using her own family for publicity...
     一想到要拿自己的家庭作宣传，克丽丝就感到厌烦。
  3. I cringed in horror.
     我吓得往后缩。

双语例句

• I cringed as I watched him raise his forepaw toward the cat and braced myself for the fatal blow.
  我看着它朝猫举起前爪，不禁倒吸了口气，随时准备看那猫挨上致命的一巴掌。
• I cringed through probably half of it, not including most of it I fast forwarded.
  我看了一半，大多数都是快进看的。
• Most women on our MPW list cringed at the word power 13 years ago when we launched the annual rankings.
  13年前，当我们开始评选年度最具影响力商界女性时，大部分人对于权力一词都感觉不太自在。
• Terrified, they cried and cringed.
  他们吓得一边哭一边往后退缩。
• The small boy cringed from the bully's clenched fist.
  那个小孩在恶霸紧握的拳头面前退缩了。
• I cringed at the possibilities.
  面对这些可能性，我畏缩不前。
• Infml we all cringed with embarrassment at her terrible jokes.
  她那过分的笑话使我们很不自在。
• I'll admit when I first saw the notice for it, I cringed a little because I didn't know what I might be getting myself into.
  我承认当我看到拍摄通告的时候，我有点不安，因为我不知道自己在剧中的角色是什么样的人。
• While the older generation clearly preferred to slicken meetings with the traditional liquor, the younger clients cringed at the suggestion of it.
  尽管老一代人显然喜欢在聚会上用传统的白酒助兴，可是年轻的客户却害怕提议喝点白酒。
• The courtiers cringed before the Queen.
  朝臣们在女王面前卑躬屈膝。