How the word made the leap from "someone who makes you want to cuddle" to "someone who makes you cringe" isn't really known but there are a few enticing clues.
这个词是如何从“一个让你想要拥抱的人”变成“一个让你畏缩的人”，我们不得而知，但其中有一些诱人的线索。
Or is just looking at them making you cringe?
还是说这些事情让你退缩了？
It's their unintended consequences that make me cringe.
是它们未被料想到的后果令我往后退缩。
School teachers probably cringe at this kind of pronunciation.
学校的老师们对这样的发音恐怕是不敢恭维。
English sports fans sometimes cringe when they hear commentary on US sports.
每当收听美国运动赛事的解说时，英国体育迷们有时会想退避三舍。
People say I was the greatest ever to play to the game. I cringe a little bit.
人们说我是这项运动的历史上最优秀的球员，对此我感到诚惶诚恐，如果作为一个观点我可以接受。
These predictions will make people who work in these fields understandably cringe.
不难理解，这些预言会使在上述领域工作的人畏畏缩缩。
I always used to cringe when Crain's would do the list of "Chicago's most powerful."
过去每当《克瑞恩商业周刊》做“芝加哥最有权力”排行榜时，我就感到很尴尬。
"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。
Yes, I said contract. That word that makes you cringe at the thought of mentioning it to another person.
是的，我说的是合同，你可能在和别人提起这个词的时候会有些尴尬，为了让你容易接受点，我们也可以把它叫做协议。
People will cringe to listen to it, but when they think about it, it's remarkable how accurate it can be.
人们总是不愿去听这种理论，但是当他们思考时就会发现它有多正确。
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。
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。
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。
The thought of a bad memory in a good place may make your cringe but it is also a second chance to change how you feel.
一些不好的回忆可能会让你畏缩，但也应该再给它一个机会，让它可以改变你内心的想法。
Many of these people drove me crazy, but they also made me laugh and cringe, because I could see myself in some of them.
书中的很多人曾令我发疯，但他们也让我发笑和感到害怕，因为我在他们身上看到我的影子。
From irritating can't do phrases to cringe management speak, here are the things you should stop saying in your workplace.
从激动到无法说话到阿谀奉承的管理发言，你都不该再在职场中说这些话。
Today, many years and speeches later, seldom uttering an “er” or “ah,” I can laugh while I still cringe at that long-ago memory.
而多年之后的今天，经历了大大小小无数次演讲的我，已经很少说“啊”和“呃”这样的停顿词了，但是想想多年前的第一次经历还是会大笑不止。
When Germany's Lena Meyer-Landrut takes to the Eurovision stage on May 29th to sing "Satellite" in English, purists will cringe.
5月29日当德国的莉娜·迈耶·兰德·鲁特在欧洲电视网亮相，用英文演唱《卫星》时，纯化论者将会睁只眼闭只眼。
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！
The design of the contact lens can be traced back to Leonardo da Vinci who, with a bowl of water, kicked off the whole cringe-worthy history.
隐形眼镜的设计最早可以追溯到达·芬奇。
I for others for my worship is numb, unproductive tired, but no happy life, that looks like a feeling, but not through touch, make me cringe.
我对于别人对我的崇拜早已麻木，那种徒然疲倦，却无快乐的生活，那种外表上象有感受、却没有透过内心的感动，使我生厌。
I for others for my worship is numb, unproductive tired, but no happy life, that looks like a feeling, but not through touch, make me cringe.
我对于别人对我的崇拜早已麻木，那种徒然疲倦，却无快乐的生活，那种外表上象有感受、却没有透过内心的感动，使我生厌。
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