flinch
英 [flɪntʃ]
美 [flɪntʃ]
v. (突然)退缩; 畏缩
过去式：flinched 现在分词：flinching 过去分词：flinched 第三人称单数：flinches 复数：flinches
Collins.1 / BNC.10783 / COCA.9904
同义词辨析
recoilcowerflinchshrink【导航词义：退缩】
recoilv. 〈书〉退缩，畏缩
〔辨析〕
指因不喜欢或害怕某物而突然向后退，常用于 recoil from sb/sth 或recoil at sth 结构中。
〔例证〕
She recoiled in horror at the sight of a snake.
她一看见蛇就吓得往后缩。
Why did he recoil from her touch?
为什么她一碰他，他便往后缩？
We shouldn't recoil in the face of difficulty.
遇到困难我们不应该畏缩不前。
She recoiled in horror when she saw the state he was in.
看到他那个样子，她吓得直往后缩。
她一看见蛇就吓得往后缩。
Why did he recoil from her touch?
为什么她一碰他，他便往后缩？
We shouldn't recoil in the face of difficulty.
遇到困难我们不应该畏缩不前。
She recoiled in horror when she saw the state he was in.
看到他那个样子，她吓得直往后缩。
cowerv. 退缩，畏缩
〔辨析〕
指因害怕而蜷缩，常后接介词 against/under。
〔例证〕
The little boy would cower under the table when there was lightning.
一有闪电，这个小男孩就蜷缩到桌子底下。
His father cowered against the wall.
他父亲蜷缩在墙根儿。
His dog was cowering in a corner.
他的狗蜷缩在角落里。
一有闪电，这个小男孩就蜷缩到桌子底下。
His father cowered against the wall.
他父亲蜷缩在墙根儿。
His dog was cowering in a corner.
他的狗蜷缩在角落里。
flinchv. 退缩，畏缩
〔辨析〕
指由于疼痛、害怕或烦恼而退缩或躲开，常用于 flinch at sth 或 flinch away from sb/sth 结构中。
〔例证〕
Separated from his mother for such a long time, the boy flinched away from her when she tried to give him a hug.
由于分开了太长时间，当妈妈想拥抱他时，小男孩退缩着躲开了。
He flinched at the sight of the dog.
他一见到那条狗就往后退。
由于分开了太长时间，当妈妈想拥抱他时，小男孩退缩着躲开了。
He flinched at the sight of the dog.
他一见到那条狗就往后退。
shrinkv. 退缩，畏缩
〔辨析〕
尤指因恐惧而退缩，通常后接副词 away/back。
〔例证〕
The thief shrank back against the wall when he heard the police approaching.
听到警察朝这边走过来，小偷退到墙根儿。
The king's anger made his ministers shrink away from him.
国王大发脾气，大臣们纷纷退避。
She shrank away from his touch.
她往后一缩避开了他的触摸。
听到警察朝这边走过来，小偷退到墙根儿。
The king's anger made his ministers shrink away from him.
国王大发脾气，大臣们纷纷退避。
She shrank away from his touch.
她往后一缩避开了他的触摸。
短语用例
flinch from sth
flinch from doing sth
- 不想，不做（不愉快的事）；畏缩不前
to avoid thinking about or doing sth unpleasant
牛津词典
verb
- （突然）退缩；畏缩
to make a sudden movement with your face or body as a result of pain, fear, surprise, etc.- He flinched at the sight of the blood.
他一见到血就往后退。 - She flinched away from the dog.
她一下子避开了那条狗。 - He met my gaze without flinching.
他毫不畏缩，跟我对视着。
- He flinched at the sight of the blood.
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.- 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。 - 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。
- Murat had looked into the eyes of the firing squad without flinching...
- 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.- 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。 - 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。
- The world community should not flinch in the face of this challenge...
英英释义
noun
- a reflex response to sudden pain
verb
- draw back, as with fear or pain
- she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
双语例句
- What a tribute to his ability not to flinch in the face of storm and stress!
这真是对他那面对暴风骤雨毫不畏缩的本领的大表扬！ - Everybody started calling me flinch.
大家都开始叫我胆小鬼。 - But if something right for a clear judgment, whether or not they are worth, we will not flinch.
但如果能够对某件事作明确的判断时，不论有无价值，我们都不会畏缩。 - Jane didn't flinch once when the doctor cleaned the cut in her arm.
医生为琼清洗手臂上的伤口时，她毫不畏缩。 - Every week, their faces barely flinch.
每周，他们的脸上都显出畏惧的神情。 - 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。 - Faced with this sudden blow, Beethoven did not even flinch, but continued his creation.
面对这一突如其来的沉重打击，贝多芬竟然没有退缩，而是继续他的创作。 - He didn't flinch from calling the police.
他没有因为叫警察而退缩。 - But Jody, 46, didn't flinch.
但是茱迪，46，并没有退缩。 - 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。