chicken out

美 [ˈtʃɪkɪn aʊt]英 [ˈtʃɪkɪn aʊt]
  • (由于害怕)退出,临阵退缩
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chicken out

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    PHRASAL VERB (由于害怕)退出,临阵退缩
    If someone chickens out of something they were intending to do, they decide not to do it because they are afraid.

    His mother complains that he makes excuses to chicken out of family occasions such as weddings...

    他妈妈抱怨他找借口躲避家庭聚会,如婚礼之类的。

verb

1
remove oneself from an obligation
He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved
Synonym: back off pull out back down bow out

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  1. I 'm afraid he 'll chicken out when we really start to do it .

    我担心在我们真动手干的时候他会害怕而退出。

  2. They feared that their allies would chicken out on the plan ( of the plan ) at the last moment .

    他们担心他们的同盟者会在最后的时刻退出这项计划。

  3. His mother complains that he makes excuses to chicken out of family occasions such as weddings

    他妈妈抱怨他找借口躲避家庭聚会,如婚礼之类的。

  4. I had never ridden on a motorcycle before . But it was too late to chicken out .

    那以前我从没骑过摩托车。不过,想退缩已经来不及了。

  5. Often she will chicken out - she will not go out alone at night .

    她通常都不敢出去——chickenout,晚上不一个人出去。

  6. Often she will chicken out ? C she will not go out alone at night .

    她总是胆小,她晚上总是不敢自己出去的。

  7. Given this tension , it is no wonder that some people chicken out entirely .

    鉴于这种紧张关系,无怪乎有些人会因胆怯而彻底放弃欢送会。

  8. I was afraid if Mom answered that I would chicken out and tell her instead .

    害怕如果应声开门的是母亲,我会因胆怯而对她说出那几个字。

  9. A : You have to fight Jeff . Don 't chicken out .

    Don'tchickenout.不要幵溜./不要胆怯。你必须跟杰夫决斗,不要开溜。

  10. That girl smiled at you . Don 't chicken out , go and ask for her phone number .

    那个女孩朝你微笑了。别退缩,过去要她的电话号码吧。

  11. Leave the chicken out overnight to thaw it out .

    把这只鸡在外放一晚上就解冻了。

  12. And then I told as many , many people as I possibly could about it so that there was no way that I could chicken out later on .

    然后我告诉很多很多的人,越多越好,好等我日后不会轻易知难而退。

  13. Only is a coward chicken out .

    你是个滥用力量的胆小鬼。

  14. The band couldn 't perform because the singer chickened out backstage . ( chicken out )

    这个乐团不能表演,因为主唱在后台临阵退缩了。

  15. Or does he stutter and chicken out ?

    还是言辞闪烁,顾左右而言他?

  16. In ainterview , DiCaprio said he didn 't chicken out about portraying Belfort 's less-than-savory lifestyle .

    在接受采访时,迪卡普里奥表示,虽然影片要描写贝尔福特口碑不佳的生活方式,但他并未因此退缩。

  17. But Griz stuck his paw into his food pail , where he grabbed a piece of chicken out of the bucket and threw it toward the starving kitten .

    可是灰熊却把爪子伸进了食桶,抓出一块鸡肉,朝饥肠辘辘的小猫扔去。

  18. When I saw you doing the chicken dance out there .

    当我刚才看见你在那边跳小鸡舞时。

  19. Hey , why did the chicken fall out of the tree ?

    鸡为什么从树上飞走了?

  20. The popular concept of a strengthen diet is the chicken wrung out in hot water .

    大众公认的补品,是在热水中拧死的小鸡。

  21. The roast chicken runs out fast , but fret not , their steamed chicken is just as juicy with a silky-smooth texture .

    店里的烧鸡很快就会卖光,但不用失望,他们的白切鸡口感丝滑,肉汁丰美

  22. Goal setting is like the pig and the chicken who went out for a walk in the town .

    设定目标有如结伴到镇上转悠的猪和鸡。

  23. The detailed design took four hours to complete and everything from the bucket to the chicken was made out of cake .

    他们花了四个小时作出详细的设计图形,从炸鸡桶到鸡块,一切都是用蛋糕做成的。

  24. When I got there , Mom was getting a little chicken pot pie out of the oven for me .

    当我回到家,母亲正从烤炉里拿出一小块鸡肉馅饼给我。

  25. The convention floor itself did not feel crowded and was lower-key than you might expect , though there was a mini-stampede at a booth when a plate of mouse-ear-shaped chicken nuggets came out .

    展会的楼层并不感觉拥挤,并且比想象中的更为低调。但是每当一盘米老鼠耳朵形状的鸡块端到展台时,总会有一次小拥抢。

  26. The first chicken had to come out of a chicken egg as it would otherwise had to be a chicken ( yet ) .

    第一只鸡肯定是从鸡蛋里孵出来的,否则“鸡蛋”就不叫“鸡蛋”了。而下蛋的动物并不一定是鸡(或许还没进化成鸡)。

  27. The chicken will come right out and demand food if you don 't feed them .

    你要是不给小喂食,它们会直接跑来要吃的。

  28. Inside , there was a baby chicken . It jumped out of the shell and flew out the window .

    鸡蛋里头有只鸡宝宝,从蛋壳里跳出来,接着飞出窗外。

  29. Mei-yu : You 've been saying that for weeks . Don 't be chicken . Ask her out !

    美玉:你已经这麽讲了几个礼拜了。不要这麽胆小。约她出去啊!

  30. The roast chicken tends to run out fast but the chewy , sweet char siew is another delicious alternative .

    店里的烤鸡往往一下子就卖光了,这时他们弹牙香甜的叉烧会是一道美味的替代品。