【句子】-- I thought you were going to see your friend Miranda.

-- This one chickened out. 【Modern Family S3E16】

【发音技巧】thought you音的同化；friend Miranda不完全爆破；chickened out连读；

【翻译】-- 你们不是要去见你的朋友米兰达吗？

-- 这货胆怯了。

今天节目中，我们来学习一下chicken out的用法。

大家基本在英语学习的初期都知道，chicken可以用来表示“小鸡、鸡肉”的意思；

但是它在口语中也可以当动词使用，很常见的短语就是：chicken out；

to refuse to do something due to fear

“出于害怕、畏惧拒绝做某事；胆怯退缩”

eg: Jumping off the high-dive is fun! Don't chicken out!

高空跳水非常有趣，别畏缩呀！

eg: Come on! Don't chicken out now!

加油啊！别现在退缩啊！

eg: Freddy chickened out of the plan at the last minute.

弗雷迪最后一刻胆怯，退出了计划。

eg: I didn't chicken out, I just changed my mind, OK?

我没有胆怯退缩，我只是改变了我的主意，行吗？

eg: In the end I chickened out and took the easier route down the mountain.

最后我胆怯了，还是选择了相对容易的那条路线下山。

eg: I was going to go bungee jumping, but I chickened out.

我原本打算去蹦极的，但是后来我退缩了。

eg: You're not going to chicken out, are you?

你不会是要退缩吧？

【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】

My friends dared me to jump into the pond, but I chickened out and climbed down from the tree.

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