Well, Daniel, I'm sorry that I backed down.

嗯 Daniel 对不起 我退堂鼓了。

I'm not going to buckle under just because I get a few letters.

我不会因为区区几封信就退堂鼓的。

Then you gotta back away. You don't need that kind of hurt.

那就退堂鼓 不需要受这种伤害。

Jerry Smith from Earth didn't flinch!

地球的Jerry Smith可有退堂鼓！

" If you want to go back, I won't blame you, " he said.

“如果们现在想退堂鼓，我不会怪们的。”

Do not wimp out on me here. We've gotta do what's best for the business.

不要在这个时候退堂鼓。这么也是为了我们的生意好。

None of my neighbors can accuse me of being backward in doing them a kindness whenever it is possible.

有任何一位邻居指责我，说我在可帮到他们忙时退堂鼓。

The thought of sitting in women's clothing stores for any period of time immediately put him off.

一想到在女式服装店里一袋就不知会有多久，他立刻就退堂鼓了。

I found these stories so depressing that I gave up before even really starting down the partner track.

我发现这些故事让人心情压抑，导致我还开始向成为合伙人的目标迈进就退堂鼓了。

After all you've done, you can't give up now. Please! If he doesn't receive treatment, he'll die. OK.

了这么多，不现在退堂鼓。求了！如果不立刻治疗，他会命的。 好吧 .

But if you're new, DOMS can catch you off guard and even scare you away from ever working out again.

但如果是新人，DOMS 就会使心生警惕甚至在要再次锻炼仍会把吓得退堂鼓。

I was worried you were gonna bail.

我还担心退堂鼓了呢。

We won't. I have an idea how to get him to back off.

我不会的 我有办法让他退堂鼓。

Okay, then you gotta back away, all right? You don't need that kind've hurt.

那就退堂鼓 不需要受这种伤窖。

You can't just back down because of some female impersonator.

不因为某个模仿女性的人而退堂鼓。

You pull over. Wild Laney is having a baby shower, you pull over.

就退堂鼓 就像兰妮要办送礼会一样。

Well, sometimes, if it's a lot of difficult people you might be fighting, but normally, " to fight off" here is not to be taken literally.

好吧，有时候，如果要和很多难缠的人架， 但通常情况下，这里的“退堂鼓” 并不是字面意思。

" He'd say, 'This is the year, I'm getting things together, ' and then when it came time to do it, he just couldn't do it, " he said.

“他会说，‘今年可以发表了，我要把一切都准备好，’但事到临头，他又会退堂鼓，”小塞林格说。

In America government spending on universities has been flat in recent years; in Australia, even as the price of humanities degrees doubles, so it will fall for subjects the government deems good for growth.

政客们的疑虑不仅仅源于怨憎。政府投资高等教育，是要通过提升人力资本来提高生产率。但在富裕国家，一面是大学的蓬勃发展，一面却是生产率增长放缓。许多政客怀疑大学有在传授正确的内容，培养出的毕业生数量又超出了劳动力市场的需求。难怪政府开始退堂鼓。美国政府对大学的投入近年一直有增长；在澳大利亚，人文学科的学费翻了一番，而那些政府认为有助于提高生产率的学科的学费还是会下降。

Melanie was almost crying with embarrassment, Ashley was suddenly bleak and withdrawn and Rhett was watching her over his cigar with impersonal amusement. She started to cry out: " But of course, it's made me happy" !

这时媚兰难过得快要哭了，艾希礼也突然变色，准备退堂鼓，只有瑞德仍然拈着雪茄，不动声色，很有兴趣地量着她，她大声喊起来：" 那当然喽，它是使我很快活！" 可是，不知为什么，她说不下去了。