chicken out

英 [ˈtʃɪkɪn aʊt]

美 [ˈtʃɪkɪn aʊt]

（由于害怕）退出，临阵退缩

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (由于害怕)退出，临阵退缩
  If someonechickens out ofsomething they were intending to do, they decide not to do it because they are afraid.
  1. His mother complains that he makes excuses to chicken out of family occasions such as weddings...
     他妈妈抱怨他找借口躲避家庭聚会，如婚礼之类的。
  2. I had never ridden on a motorcycle before. But it was too late to chicken out.
     那以前我从没骑过摩托车。不过，想退缩已经来不及了。

英英释义

verb

• remove oneself from an obligation
  1. He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved
  Synonym:back offpull outback downbow out

双语例句

• When I saw you doing the chicken dance out there.
  当我刚才看见你在那边跳小鸡舞时。
• That girl smiled at you. Don't chicken out, go and ask for her phone number.
  那个女孩朝你微笑了。别退缩，过去要她的电话号码吧。
• The popular concept of a strengthen diet is the chicken wrung out in hot water.
  大众公认的补品，是在热水中拧死的小鸡。
• Given this tension, it is no wonder that some people chicken out entirely.
  鉴于这种紧张关系，无怪乎有些人会因胆怯而彻底放弃欢送会。
• I was afraid if Mom answered that I would chicken out and tell her instead.
  害怕如果应声开门的是母亲，我会因胆怯而对她说出那几个字。
• Inside, there was a baby chicken. It jumped out of the shell and flew out the window.
  鸡蛋里头有只鸡宝宝，从蛋壳里跳出来，接着飞出窗外。
• When I got there, Mom was getting a little chicken pot pie out of the oven for me.
  当我回到家，母亲正从烤炉里拿出一小块鸡肉馅饼给我。
• Goal setting is like the pig and the chicken who went out for a walk in the town.
  设定目标有如结伴到镇上转悠的猪和鸡。
• His mother complains that he makes excuses to chicken out of family occasions such as weddings
  他妈妈抱怨他找借口躲避家庭聚会，如婚礼之类的。
• For a better understanding of molecular mechanism of myostatin function in embryogenesis and skeletal muscle development in vivo, chicken is selected as the study object in this experiment. Primary studies on chicken myostatin were carried out in vivo and in vitro, respectively.
  为进一步研究myostatin基因在胚胎发生和体内骨骼肌发育中的功能作用和机制，本研究以鸡为研究对象，分别在体外和体内对myostatin进行了功能研究和结构分析，获得了较好的实验结果。