So when I hear scientists say, "the data speak for themselves," I cringe.(当我听到科学家们说‘数据自然会说出一切’的时候,我泪流满面。)
No one wants to have to cringe when they tell people where they work.(在说到自己从事的工作时,没有人愿意畏畏缩缩。)
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。)
So great is your power that your enemies cringe before you.(因你的大能仇敌要投降你。)
I cringe when I think of the poems I wrote then.(每当我想起我那时写的诗歌就感到很难堪。)
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。)
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。)
If I'm up front, I cringe as people walk by.(如果我坐在前面,人们经过时,我会感到难为情。)
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。)
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。)