Cringe
[ krind? ]
成人 Adult Edu
vi. 畏縮;卑躬屈膝;
n. 畏縮;阿諛奉承;
?? 例句
I cringe with embarrassment when I reread those first stories I wrote.
我重讀了我初期編寫的故事, 感到十分難為情.
But just the thought of mentioning it to her made him cringe.
可是一想到要向她表明這一想法，他就會猶豫、退縮。
Your foolish talk makes me cringe.
你說的蠢話使我厭煩。
To behave in a servile or demeaning manner;cringe.
低聲下氣，卑從表現(xiàn)出卑躬曲膝或自甘下賤的態(tài)度；阿諛奉承
He abandoned every particle of self-respect cringe and fawn.
他把自尊心丟得一干二凈。
?? 聯(lián)想助記
【記】※ cringe-奉承,fringe-劉海:奉承她的劉海很好看
※cr-cry哭,in-里面,ge-拼音“哥”:在哥哥的懷抱里哭,被嚇壞了吧
? 同義詞
?? 牛津釋義
cringe
v
1 [I, Ipr] ~ (at/from sth) move back or lower one's body in fear; cower （因恐懼而）退縮, 蜷縮; 畏縮
a child cringing in terror 嚇得直退縮的孩子
The dog cringed at the sight of the whip. 那只狗見到鞭子就退縮了.
(fig 比喻) I cringe with embarrassment (ie feel very embarrassed) when I reread those first stories I wrote. 我重讀了我初期編寫的故事, 感到十分難為情.
2 [I, Ipr] ~ (to/before sb) (derog 貶) behave too humbly towards sb who is more powerful 卑躬屈膝
She's always cringing to the boss. 她在上司面前總是卑躬屈膝.
?? 擴展釋義
*[krind?]n. 畏縮, 奉承vi. 畏縮, 抖縮, 阿諛
?? 同為「GRE」詞匯
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Oh, let me think for a minute.
哦，讓我想一下。
Have you ever been to Japan?
你去過日本嗎？
In his mouth were the remains of fir trees -- the last meal that he had before he fell into the crevasse and broke his back.
它嘴里還留著冷杉 -- 它掉進冰河裂隙折斷脊椎柱之前的最后一頓飯。