"chickening" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 臨陣退縮
• 畏縮

Definition

俚語，因害怕而臨陣退縮或不敢做某事。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“Chickening” 是俚語，常與“out”連用（如“chickening out”），表示因害怕而退縮。通常在口語中使用。

Examples

He is chickening before the big jump.

他在大跳之前**畏縮了**。

Are you chickening out of telling her the truth?

你在**臨陣退縮**，不敢告訴她真相嗎？

She was chickening out at the last minute.

她在最後一刻**畏縮了**。

I can't believe you're chickening out now, after all that talk!

我真不敢相信你現在**臨陣退縮**，說了那麼多！

Whenever there's a scary movie, he's always chickening out.

每次放恐怖片時，他總是**畏縮**。

We thought about going skydiving, but most of us ended up chickening out.

我們本來想去跳傘，但最後大多數人都**退縮了**。