美 [rɪˈkɔɪl frəm]
退缩；畏缩：因为害怕、厌恶或不愿意而突然后退或回避。
... disapprove 不赞成 recoil from 后退 blench 回避 ...
畏缩，后退
People used to recoil from the idea of getting into debt.
人们过去一想到要负债就会因厌恶而拒绝。
They find it unpleasant and they recoil from it.
她们发现没什么意思而且退缩不前。
The pain of it made him recoil from the exuberance of holiday shoppers.
这痛苦使他在节日里兴高采烈的顾客面前显得有些畏缩。
Younger voters who lean libertarian recoil from both the budget and the vision.
The third task will be to expand an economy that is shrinking as investors recoil from political uncertainty.
Producers frown on screenplays of more than 120 pages, which forces a ruthlessness that many novelists would recoil from.
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