"chickening" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 临阵退缩
• 胆怯

Definition

俚语，因害怕而临阵退缩或不敢做某事。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

“Chickening” 是俚语，常和“out”连用（例如“chickening out”），强调因为害怕而退缩。通常用于口语。

Examples

He is chickening before the big jump.

他在大跳之前**胆怯了**。

Are you chickening out of telling her the truth?

你在**临阵退缩**，不敢告诉她真相吗？

She was chickening out at the last minute.

她在最后一刻**胆怯了**。

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

我真不敢相信你现在**临阵退缩**，说了那么多！

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

每次放恐怖片时，他总是**胆怯**。

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

我们本来想去跳伞，但最后大多数人都**退缩了**。