释义 |
chicken out (informal, disapproving) to decide not to do sth because you are afraid(因害怕)放弃,临阵退缩◆she chickened out of telling him what really happened.她不敢告诉他真正发生了什么事。 chicken outphr v [i]informal to decide not to do something because you are not brave enough 【非正式】 因害怕而放弃[做某事],临阵退缩:◇he wanted to try a parachute jump, but he chickened out at the last minute. 他想尝试跳伞,但在最后一刻还是因害怕而放弃了。 |