cringe

cringe

美 [krɪndʒ] 　英 [krɪndʒ]

• n.退缩；畏缩；尴尬；难为情
• v.退缩；畏缩；感觉尴尬或难为情
• 网络奉承；谄媚；卑躬屈节

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Even the word "fragrance" tends to send cringe-inducing shudders down the spine.

甚至连“香氛”一词都往往让人感到浑身不自在。

But before you come down with a case of culture cringe, understand that those standards aren't as high as you might like.

在你谈文化底蕴之前，要先了解它们可能其实并不是你所喜欢的那样。

Some city folk might cringe at the thought of this, but to me it's a part of my life and I wouldn't have it any other way!

想到这些事情，一些城市的人们或许畏缩不前，但对我来说它却是我生命的一部分，我会永远把它珍存心间。

The word " cringe" is often used to describe the feeling of intense embarrassment in witnessing a certain kind of British comedy.

“局促不安”一词经常用来形容人们在观看某种英国喜剧时那种强烈的尴尬感。

She almost makes you cringe watching her, you think: stop kissing Helen, stop touching her all the time, because Helen never reciprocates.

她使你一直看着她，你想：别亲吻helen，别老是碰她，因为helen从来没有回应过。

In my bid to banish mommy guilt, I try to take those cringe-worthy decisions in stride and chalk them up to a learning experience.

在试图摆脱“母亲负疚感”（mommyguilt）时，我尽量轻松地面对曾经做出的那些令我难为情的决定，并将其视为学习的经历。

The tone of my half-joking voice, the word "sheep, " and the memory of the chain make him cringe a little.

我的半开玩笑的语调，以及“绵羊”这个词，还有对锁链的记忆，使他稍稍退缩了。

Most women would cringe if they thought there was an embarrassing picture of them on a social networking site.

想到如果自己的丑照被放在社交网站上，大多数女人都会全身哆嗦的吧。

But when she tells Germans that workers in the U. S. usually get two weeks of vacation a year, they cringe.

但是当她告诉德国人美国的工薪阶层人士一年只有两周假期的时候，他们怕了。

His way of sleeping makes me cringe.

他睡觉的方式令我生厌。

As a card-carrying economist, I cringe when "green economy" enthusiasts insist that protecting the environment would be all gain, no pain.

当我这样一位“持有证书”的经济学家听到“绿色经济”的热衷者信誓旦旦地说，保护环境是“只有收益，没有付出”的美事时，我便不由得打起了哆嗦。

When any ordinary person spoke to a capitalist he had to cringe and bow to him, and take off his cap and address him as 'Sir'.

老百姓和资本家说话，必须是很害怕的样子，向他鞠躬，还要摘下帽子，称呼他“老爷”。

The ambition protects to see Ti Si an appearance with not ex- cringe, unbearable ground of Fen Fen says.

志保看到鹈饲一副畏缩不前的样子，忍不住忿忿地说。

Most data designers would cringe at this minute amount of information -- e-mail doesn't even have such a limitation, for goodness sake!

大多数数据设计师对这个数量限制感到无法理解——即使是电子邮件也不会有这样的限制！

Ye fear and cringe when ye find that the spots upon thy sun cause confusion of any nature.

当你发现你太阳上面的黑子导致了任何性质的骚乱，你恐惧和畏缩。

Although it debuted with strong ratings, the show is so cringe-inducingly terrible, we're not sure if it will survive the season.

但是，这部电视虽然以强势收视率开场，表演却无法令人恭维，所以，它是否能捱过这个季度还是一个未知数。

Your heart pulses in a rapid tempo , as you cringe your hands in fear .

你的心快速地跳，而你在恐惧中缩作一团。

Do you always celebrate your birthday or do you cringe and keep it a secret since you are another year older?

你经常庆祝生日吗？或者因为你长大了一岁，所以厌恶它，让它成为一个秘密。

And if the euro zone were a person, that person would be stuck in a permanent cringe.

如果欧元区是一个人，这个人会一辈子抬不起头来。

I really believe that the Democrats are afraid of the mafia. The republican mafia. That's why they cringe daily. They're buffalo ed.

我真的相信民主党害怕黑帮。共和党黑手党。这就是为什么他们日见畏缩。他们都搞得尿频尿急尿不尽了。

I cringe when I think of the poems I wrote then.

每当我想起我那时写的诗歌就感到很难堪。

On the one hand, I had been raised to cringe at the very thought of poofy white dresses and bouquets.

一方面，我已经萎缩在很蓬蓬的白色礼服和漂亮花束的幻想中了。

I cringe when I hear a dignified news reporter soliciting tweets from his or her audience.

当权威的新闻记者向他（她）的观众征求意见时我就会退缩。

At each address, I cringe with embarrassment and irritation at a show better suited to Pyongyang than to Washington.

每逢演讲，我都会因难堪和烦躁而退缩，这种秀更适合平壤而不是华盛顿。

Inexperienced players can dazzle you, but unless they are Chris Paul or Brandon Roy, they often make you cringe in the last two minutes.

没有经验的玩家可以耀眼你，但除非它们是克里斯保罗和罗伊，他们往往让你畏缩在最后两分钟。

At first glance, these words may be enough to make a project manager cringe.

乍一看，这些话足以让项目经理感到畏缩。

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。

Nature lovers might cringe at the term "ecosystem services" to describe, say, the view of a pristine beach or a stream teeming with trout.

自然爱好者可能会对生态系统服务这一术语的描述有所畏惧，如原始海滩或鳟鱼嬉戏的小溪流。

As a musician, when I make a mistake, I'll cringe and think I sounded terrible.

作为一个演奏者，当我演奏错一个音，我会觉得无地自容并且觉得难听极了。

My eyes always cringe at the sight of a homeless veteran.

我的眼睛总是畏缩在一个无家可归的老景象。

What might speed up delivery for the business might make a regulator cringe.

加速业务的交付的途径可能需要管理者的妥协。

If hearing the words health care causes you to cringe, it's understandable.

如果听到健康保险这样的字样会让你感到害怕，这也是可以理解的。

The system's built-in speakers won't make you cringe, but you'll enjoy better sound by using headphones.

系统内置的扬声器效果还不错，不过使用耳机将获得更好的效果。

When you understand that discipline is self-caring, not self-castigating, you won't cringe at its mention, but will cultivate it.

当你明白自律是对自己的关心而不是自我惩罚，提到它你就不会再害怕而会注意培养它。

If the very thought of calling a stranger and selling yourself makes you cringe, you are not alone.

如果你对打电话给陌生人推销你自己感到畏缩的话，这么想的并不只是你一个人。

I even cringe at the thought of working with other JavaScript libraries.

甚至在想到要使用其它JavaScript库时，不禁会有所畏缩不前。

A new super-fast book-scanning technology could make publishers cringe even more than when they heard about Google Book Search.

一项最新的超速书本扫描技术也许会让那些出版商奉若神明，这是连谷歌书本搜索引擎也享受不到的待遇。

It made me cringe every time I used these names, but I didn't say anything because I thought I was respecting Chinese culture.

每次说到这些名字，我都感到不舒服。因为想尊重中国文化，我没有批评他们的怪名。

I may cringe at some of the things they take on in the spirit of self-expression.

我可能会为她们出于自我表现而做的一些事情感到紧张。

"Some people consider us an Internet company, but that makes us cringe, " Fried and Hansson write.

“有些人觉得我们是一家网络公司，但这种说法我们避之唯恐不及。”弗里德和汉森写道。

I dread buying a swimsuit, as consecutive horror and humiliation make me cringe in the dressing room.

我害怕买泳装，因为持续的恐惧和羞辱让我在更衣室里畏缩不前。