wince
wince 英 [wɪns] 美 [wɪns]
vi. 畏缩，退避 n. 畏缩；脸部肌肉的抽搐
进行时:wincing 过去式:winced 过去分词:winced 第三人称单数:winces 名词复数:winces
- A wince is a facial or bodily expression of pain, disgust, or regret. Think of something you've done that was really, really embarrassing or dumb: now feel your face or take a look in the mirror as you wince at the uncomfortable memory.
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- vi. 畏缩，退避
- n. 畏缩；脸部肌肉的抽搐
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1. Who smile and frown, wince and hiss.
他们微笑和皱眉，畏缩与嘶嘘。
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2. Who now remembers talk of American hyperpuissance without a wince?
到现在还有谁记得 美国超级强权毫不畏缩的言论？
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3. We all wince at the thought of how Xerox utterly failed to innovate on PARC's inventions, allowing Apple and Microsoft to run away with most of them.
我们都退避在想到施乐如何完全的失败再帕洛阿尔托研究中心的发明，允许苹果和微软从他们这儿逃走。
- wince (v.) c. 1300, wincen; mid-13c. winchen, "to recoil suddenly," from Anglo-French *wenchir, Old North French *wenchier (Old French guenchir) "to turn aside, avoid," from Frankish *wenkjan, from Proto-Germanic *wankjan (source also of Old High German wankon "to stagger, totter," Old Norse vakka "to stray, hover;" see wink (v.)). Originally of horses. Modern form is attested from late 13c. Related: Winced; wincing.
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