英语口语：别人和你说“chicken out”是什么意思？

词汇表达

chicken out （因为害怕）临阵退缩

We were both going to get tattoos last night but Mack chickened out.

我们昨天晚上都想去纹身，但麦克退缩了。

It’s too late to chicken out of rock climbing now, we’re almost there.

现在放弃攀岩太晚了，我们都快到了。

【口语对话】

A: Do you really think that Tom will go skydiving with us on Saturday?你真的认为Tom周六会和我么你一起去跳伞吗？B: No way! He will chicken out for sure.不可能，他肯定会临阵退缩的。A: Why do you say that?为什么这么说?B: Because Tom is terribly afraid of flying.因为Tom非常害怕飞行。

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