vi. 畏缩;卑躬屈膝 n. 畏缩;阿谀奉承 第三人称单数: cringes 过去式: cringed 过去分词: cringed 现在分词: cringing
中文词源
cringe 畏缩
来自PIE*sker, 弯,转,词源同ring, curve. 词义由弯,转过渡到蜷缩,畏缩。
cringe 用法和例句
There are examples of this cultural cringe in every recent superhero film .
在最近的几部超级英雄电影中每一部都有这种文化畏缩现象。
No one wants to have to cringe when they tell people where they work .
在说到自己从事的工作时,没有人愿意畏畏缩缩。
I tried not to cringe as I heard what he wanted me to do .
我试着不让自己畏缩,因为我听到他要我做的。
Above all , though , they were written by free men , who did not cringe before the censor , who could call plainly for the abolition of serfdom , say , instead of " the rational allocation of economic forces . " Finally , they were mostly written by herzen , and herzen could really write .