退缩的英文：
(v) cower

参考例句：
  • To skulk when going to battle
    临阵退缩
  • To draw back or shy away,as from fear;flinch.
    畏缩由于害怕等退缩或畏缩;退缩
  • Hold Back
    跨躇,退缩;阻止,抑制
  • She never compromised in dealing with controversial issues, especially the Middle-East issue.
    她对于处理争议性问题的立场从不退缩，特别是中东问题。
  • Don't chicken out.
    别退缩。
  • To start or wince involuntarily,as from surprise or pain.
    退缩由于惊奇或疼痛而惊起或退缩
  • The man hauled in his horns and marched off shamed enough
    那个人退缩了，灰溜溜地走了。
  • She recoiled with a shudder.
    她颤抖着退缩了。
  • Shrink from:withdraw from to avoid encounter, flinch from; recoil from
    退避;在…面前畏缩或退缩
  • flinch from danger
    怕危险而退缩
cower是什么意思：
vi. 畏缩,退缩,抖缩
  • A weeping woman cowered on the ground.
    一个哭泣的妇女蜷伏在地上发抖。
  • The condemned prisoner cowered and began to whimper for clemency.
    那个被判罪的囚犯抖缩着并开始抽泣请求宽。
  • the frightened child cowered in the corner; too shocked and scared to move.
    那个受了惊吓的小孩缩进了角落里；太震惊、恐惧以至于不能动。
  • The cower unit of the Eagle is a wellsorted lithic and glauconitic marine sandstone
    伊格尔砂岩的下部单元是分选良好的岩屑质和海相海绿石质。
  • Ignore,hide,deflect,cower,and fawn have to be the action verbs in the job descriptions of American journalists today.
    “不理不睬，东躲西藏，转移视线，畏缩不前，趋炎附势”不得不成为今日美国记者工作中的行为动词。

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