re·coil /rɪˈkɔɪl/ verb [intransitiveI]1 MOVE/CHANGE POSITIONto move back suddenly and quickly from something you do not like or are afraid of 退縮;畏縮recoil from/atShe recoiled from his touch as if she had been slapped. 他一碰她,她便往後縮,仿佛被打了一巴掌。
2 AVOIDto feel such a strong dislike of a particular situation that you want to avoid it 〔因強烈厭惡某情形而〕退縮;躊躇不前recoil from/atHe recoils from everything in life that demands hard work. 生活中凡是需要付出努力的事,他都躊躇不前。
We recoil in horror from the thought of subjecting someone to extreme pain. 想到要讓一個人經受極度的痛苦,我們就會恐懼地退縮。
—recoil /ˈriːkɔɪl/ noun [singular, uncountableU]The recoil of the gun sent him flying backwards. 那門炮的後坐力使他向後彈了出去。
recoil from/at• They they do not recoil from each other, but blend together in one mass.• She recoiled from his touch.• He recoiled from rivalry between religions.• Unfortunately for Polly's sensual self, her intellectual and emotional self recoiled at the idea, feeling angry and abused.• How Pascal would have recoiled from the modern measurements of the universe!• The divorce was acrimonious; she still recoils at the name Andy.• And for the rest of his life he recoiled from the popular mission and missioner.• But the Republican governors recoiled from the prospect of reopening the welfare bill for anything.• The MPAA ratings board recoiled at the sex scenes and gave the movie an X rating.• The recoil from this emission changes the velocity of the matter particle. recoil from/at• They they do not recoil from each other, but blend together in one mass.• He recoiled from rivalry between religions.• Unfortunately for Polly's sensual self, her intellectual and emotional self recoiled at the idea, feeling angry and abused.• How Pascal would have recoiled from the modern measurements of the universe!• The divorce was acrimonious; she still recoils at the name Andy.• And for the rest of his life he recoiled from the popular mission and missioner.• But the Republican governors recoiled from the prospect of reopening the welfare bill for anything.• The recoil from this emission changes the velocity of the matter particle.