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Meaning of 缩头缩脑

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缩 suō 头 tóu 缩 suō 脑 nǎo (Trad.: 縮頭縮腦)
to be timid; to shrink from responsibility (idiom)
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Example Sentences
1
不要那样缩头缩脑的
,
坐端正
。
Don't scrunch up like that. Sit up straight.
2
随着踏在走廊橡木地板上的脚步声越来越近
,
我不禁缩头缩脑地搭拉下脑袋
。
父亲很快就来到我门前咆哮起来
。
His footsteps on the hallway's oak floor got louder and louder. I felt my head hunching between my shoulders; then Dad was at the door and raging.
3
随着从走廊传来的父亲踏在橡木地板上的脚步声越来越近
,
我不禁缩头缩脑地搭拉着脑袋
。
父亲来到我门前并咆哮起来
。
His footsteps on the hallway's oak floor got louder and louder. I felt my head hunching between my shoulders; then Dad was at the door and raging.
4
采用
“
真正美国人式
”
的做事风格
,
而不是缩头缩脑的东海自由党式
,
而一旦当选
,
即下令社会保险私人化
。
Run as the candidate of "real Americans, " not those soft-on-terror East coast liberals; then, once you' ve won, declare that you have a mandate to privatize Social Security.