shrink back

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If households are slow to⑤ shrink back, it has sobering implications for many industries.
如果家庭规模不轻易缩小到以前的规模，它对许多行业将有着深远的影响。
I'm not going to shrink back , because now is the time for us to continue to push and follow through on those things that we know have to be done but haven't been done for decades.
“我不会退缩，因为现在正是继续推进那些我们应该做但多年来却还没有做的事情的时候。” 相关阅读
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I'm not going to shrink back, because now is the time for us to continue to push and follow through on those things that we know have to be done but haven't been done for decades.
我不会退缩，因为现在正是继续推进那些我们应该做但多年来却还没有做的事情的时候。

He notes: When we see a stroke aimed and just ready to fall upon the leg or arm of another person, we naturally shrink and draw back our own leg or arm and when it does fall we feel it in some measure and are hurt by it as well as the sufferer.
他说过，当我们看到有人要打,别一个人的腿或手臂，我们会不由自主的畏缩，手脚拢起来,当这一下打下来，某种程度上来说,我们会感受到和被打者一样的疼痛。
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It is not a time for us to shrink back and think about our own issues and interests.
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