cringe

美 [krɪndʒ]
英 [krɪndʒ]
  • n.退缩；畏缩；尴尬；难为情
  • v.退缩；畏缩；感觉尴尬或难为情
  • 网络奉承；谄媚；卑躬屈节
第三人称单数：cringes  现在分词：cringing  过去式：cringed  

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网络释义

cringe
v.
1.
[i]
畏缩；怯退to move back and/or away from sb because you are afraid
a child cringing in terror
吓得直退缩的小孩
2.
[i]
感到尴尬不安；觉得难为情to feel very embarrassed and uncomfortable about sth
I cringe when I think of the poems I wrote then.
每当我想起我那时写的诗歌就感到很难堪。

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释义:
全部全部,退缩退缩,畏缩畏缩,尴尬尴尬,难为情难为情,感觉尴尬或难为情感觉尴尬或难为情,奉承奉承,谄媚谄媚,卑躬屈节卑躬屈节
类别:全部全部,口语口语,书面语书面语,标题标题,技术技术
来源:全部全部,字典字典,网络网络
难度:全部全部,简单简单,中等中等,难难
1.
Even the word "fragrance" tends to send cringe-inducing shudders down the spine.
甚至连“香氛”一词都往往让人感到浑身不自在。
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2.
But before you come down with a case of culture cringe, understand that those standards aren't as high as you might like.
在你谈文化底蕴之前，要先了解它们可能其实并不是你所喜欢的那样。
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3.
Some city folk might cringe at the thought of this, but to me it's a part of my life and I wouldn't have it any other way!
想到这些事情，一些城市的人们或许畏缩不前，但对我来说它却是我生命的一部分，我会永远把它珍存心间。
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4.
The word " cringe" is often used to describe the feeling of intense embarrassment in witnessing a certain kind of British comedy.
“局促不安”一词经常用来形容人们在观看某种英国喜剧时那种强烈的尴尬感。
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5.
She almost makes you cringe watching her, you think: stop kissing Helen, stop touching her all the time, because Helen never reciprocates.
她使你一直看着她，你想：别亲吻helen，别老是碰她，因为helen从来没有回应过。
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6.
In my bid to banish mommy guilt, I try to take those cringe-worthy decisions in stride and chalk them up to a learning experience.
在试图摆脱“母亲负疚感”（mommyguilt）时，我尽量轻松地面对曾经做出的那些令我难为情的决定，并将其视为学习的经历。
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7.
The tone of my half-joking voice, the word "sheep, " and the memory of the chain make him cringe a little.
我的半开玩笑的语调，以及“绵羊”这个词，还有对锁链的记忆，使他稍稍退缩了。
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8.
But when she tells Germans that workers in the U. S. usually get two weeks of vacation a year, they cringe.
但是当她告诉德国人美国的工薪阶层人士一年只有两周假期的时候，他们怕了。
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9.
His way of sleeping makes me cringe.
他睡觉的方式令我生厌。
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10.
As a card-carrying economist, I cringe when "green economy" enthusiasts insist that protecting the environment would be all gain, no pain.
当我这样一位“持有证书”的经济学家听到“绿色经济”的热衷者信誓旦旦地说，保护环境是“只有收益，没有付出”的美事时，我便不由得打起了哆嗦。
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