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chicken out

/ˈtʃɪk.ɪn aʊt/

翻译: 因害怕或缺乏勇气而临阵退缩,决定不做某事。

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词语关系

verb

/ˈtʃɪk.ɪn aʊt/B2formal
  • zh因害怕或缺乏勇气而临阵退缩,决定不做某事。

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of deciding not to do something because of fear or lack of courage.

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  1. To withdraw due to fearinformal

    To decide not to do something because you are too scared or nervous.

    zh临阵退缩

    • He was going to ask her out, but he chickened out at the last minute.
    • She chickened out of the bungee jump when she saw how high it was.
    • They planned to go camping in the woods, but they chickened out after hearing strange noises.

    同义词back outbail outpull out

    反义词braveconfrontdareface

词形
  • chickened out past participle
  • chickened out past simple
  • chickening out present participle
  • chickens out third person singular
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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