flinched

英 [flɪntʃt]

美 [flɪntʃt]

v.  (突然)退缩; 畏缩
flinch的过去分词和过去式

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

• Japanese indices barely flinched on Wednesday when the world's second biggest economy was revealed to have shrunk 4 per cent quarter on quarter.
  周三传出世界第二大经济体日本第一季度经济环比萎缩4%的消息，而日本股市却几乎没有下跌。
• Yet markets hardly flinched at the news, with negative reaction mostly contained in Hungary and Ireland.
  然而，这些消息昨日几乎未能让市场退缩，消极反应基本止步于匈牙利与爱尔兰国内。
• On hearing this, Hagen flinched, a nervous flick of his head.
  听到这个的时候黑根不安地眨起了眼睛。
• Professor McGonagall flinched, but Dumbledore, who was unsticking two lemon drops, seemed not to notice.
  但正在剥柠檬的阿不思·邓布利多好像没留意到。
• 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。
• She flinched as though a bright light had suddenly dazzled her eyes.
  她退缩了，就好像有道强光突然使她眼花了似的。
• Everybody flinched at his tactlessness, but he went on regardless.
  大家看到他直言直说而不免畏缩起来但他不予理会继续说下去。
• She flinched at the cutting acidity in his voice.
  她因他声音中透出的尖酸而退缩了。
• As I flinched away from him, shrinking against my chair, the phrase if looks could kill suddenly ran through my mind.
  我畏缩地收回视线，在凳子上蜷成一团，那句名言“如果用眼神可以杀人”忽然闯入我的脑海。
• Commercial real estate flinched a lot of real estate development enterprise due to risky and long return cycle, so the speculative is low.
  商业地产由于风险大、回报周期长，因此投机性较低，致使很多房地产开发企业望而却步。