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

• The courtiers cringed before the Queen.
  朝臣们在女王面前卑躬屈膝。
• As power yoga became a multimillion-dollar industry, he occasionally cringed at the commercialization of the practice, and wondered whether it would survive its own popularity.
  随着力量瑜伽成为价值千万美元的大产业，他偶尔也会对这种锻炼方式的商业化表示厌恶，觉得过分流行可能会扼杀它。
• 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。
• The one towel in gynecology was creatively folded so that we could keep using it. ( There was none to cover for privacy). By the third day, I cringed at how wasteful I was the first day.
  妇科病房里唯一的一条毛巾也被我们巧妙地折叠着，以便可以长期使用（这里根本没有维护隐私权的遮布）。
• 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。
• Ged's voice rang like iron, there in the cold valley under the mountains, and the blind man cringed away from him.
  Ged的声音如铁般坚定地回响在寒冷的山谷里。那个无眼的人有点退缩。
• I cringed at the possibilities.
  面对这些可能性，我畏缩不前。
• "I want to be your everything," Emily once said to me, and I cringed.
  即使是在这最后一天艾米莉所说的还是让我感到惊讶。
• I cringed in horror.
  我吓得往后缩。
• I cringed, convinced that this would be the last time I would ever see my friend Sol.
  我心里直犯怵，坚信这可能会是我最后一次看见我的朋友索尔了。