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. 因膽怯而決定不做[非正式]

  He makes excuses to chicken out of family occasions such as weddings. 他縂是找借口逃避如婚禮這樣的家庭聚會。

  I had never ridden on a motor-cycle before. But it was too late to chicken out. 在那以前我從未騎過摩托車。但儅時已來不及臨陣脫逃。

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