| 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。 |