校园英语口语习惯用语 第62期:chicken out

chicken out 由于胆怯而收兵

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【讲解】

此处的chicken是动词,常用来指“胆怯”，所以短语chicken out的意思是“由于胆怯而收兵,退缩”。

【对话】

A:Have you made your decision? But it's really dagerous.

A:你已经决定了吗？但这确实很危险。

B:Whatever you say, I won't chicken out on things I'm determined to do.

B：不管你说什么，我只要决定了要做的事，是不会退缩的。

A:Stop talking big. You can't fool me. I'm afraid you don't know how to do it at all.

A:别说大话。你哄不了我。恐怕你根本不知道如何去做。

B:Well, believe it or not, I'll show you what I can do.

B：那好，信不信由你，我会做给你看的。