chicken out

柯林斯词典

chicken out (chickening,chickened,chickens)

• 1. PHRASAL VERB If someone chickens out of something they were intending to do, they decide not to do it because they are afraid. 因胆怯而决定不做[非正式]

  He makes excuses to chicken out of family occasions such as weddings. 他总是找借口逃避如婚礼这样的家庭聚会。

  I had never ridden on a motor-cycle before. But it was too late to chicken out. 在那以前我从未骑过摩托车。但当时已来不及临阵脱逃。

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