To shrink back, as in fear or repugnance.

退却，后退：缩回，如因害怕或厌恶而缩回。

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And you know, I am not going to shrink back.

我不会被吓倒，你们知道，我不会退缩。

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I never intended to shrink back, I didn't have a compromise in my dictionary.

我从来没打算退缩，我的字典里没有妥协。

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He notes: When we see a stroke aimed and just ready to fall upon the leg or arm of another person, we naturally shrink and draw back our own leg or arm and when it does fall we feel it in some measure and are hurt by it as well as the sufferer.

他说过，当我们看到有人要打,别一个人的腿或手臂，我们会不由自主的畏缩，手脚拢起来,当这一下打下来，某种程度上来说,我们会感受到和被打者一样的疼痛。

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It is not a time for us to shrink back and think about our own issues and interests.

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Here are three places, however, where Samsung has changed the game and will tempt Apple to shrink back into it shell.

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The node will usually shrink back to normal within a few weeks after the infection has passed.

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