flinch

verb

1. （突然）退缩；畏缩
   to make a sudden movement with your face or body as a result of pain, fear, surprise, etc.
   1. He flinched at the sight of the blood.
      他一见到血就往后退。
   2. She flinched away from the dog.
      她一下子避开了那条狗。
   3. He met my gaze without flinching.
      他毫不畏缩，跟我对视着。

1. VERB 退缩;畏缩
   If you flinch, 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。
2. VERB 躲避;回避;不愿意做
   If you flinch from something 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。

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。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. To defeat terror, and not flinch.
   要战胜恐怖，而不是退缩。
6. I didn't even flinch.
   我根本没打算退缩。
7. Most of us have the natural reaction to flinch when someone tries to hit us in the face or on our body.
   当有人试图击我们的脸或者身体的时候，大多数像我们这样的人总是产生退缩的自然反应。
8. 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。
9. You mustn't flinch from a difficulty.
   你不应从困难面前退缩。
10. I never flinch from difficulty.
    我在困难面前从不畏缩。
11. They didn't even flinch when you passed them.
    你经过时，它们一点也不惊慌。
12. If I flinch when you say you love me, it's both our problems.
    如果在你说你爱我时我退缩了，那是我们两人的问题。
13. Some people may yield to failure and flinch from it.
    有些人会屈服于失败而畏缩不前。
14. He did not flinch from his duty.
    他不逃避自己的职责。
15. Many boys like myself always played the flinch game growing up with their friends.
    许多男孩像我一样，在成长的过程中总是跟朋友们一起玩退缩游戏。
16. Everybody started calling me flinch.
    大家都开始叫我胆小鬼。
17. He didn't flinch from calling the police.
    他没有因为叫警察而退缩。
18. Every week, their faces barely flinch.
    每周，他们的脸上都显出畏惧的神情。
19. Munificent magnanimous is very important, not be principle problem have to flinch when the person and flinch person.
    宽宏大度很重要，不是原则性问题的就得挠人时且挠人。
20. He did not flinch when they called him names.
    他们骂他时，他没有退缩。
21. Flinch she puts her hand on his arm and he flinches away.
    她把手放到他的肩头，但他退缩着躲开了。
22. You don't flinch when you hear the gunshot, understand?
    听到枪声别害怕，明白吗？
23. His flinch is not the same response that one would give if one's hit.
    不是所有的人在挨打时，都会做出相同的闪躲反应。
24. If you're hit, you don't flinch.
    如果你挨打的时候并不闪躲。
25. But Jody, 46, didn't flinch.
    但是茱迪，46，并没有退缩。
26. You think that would make me flinch?
    你以为这样我就会退缩了吗？
27. 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。
28. 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！
29. Do not flinch when I do it.
    我这么做的时候别躲闪。
30. 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。

  recoil cower flinch shrink【导航词义：退缩】

  recoil v. 〈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。

  cower v. 退缩，畏缩

〔辨析〕指因害怕而蜷缩，常后接介词 against/under。

  flinch v. 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。

  shrink v. 退缩，畏缩

〔辨析〕尤指因恐惧而退缩，通常后接副词 away/back。

flinch from sth

flinch from doing sth

1. 不想，不做（不愉快的事）；畏缩不前
   to avoid thinking about or doing sth unpleasant

noun

1. a reflex response to sudden pain

   Synonym:    wince

verb

1. draw back, as with fear or pain
   1. she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf

   Synonym:    squinchfunkcringeshrinkwincerecoilquail