How the word made the leap from "someone who makes you want to cuddle" to "someone who makes you cringe" isn't really known but there are a few enticing clues.

这个词是如何从“一个让你想要拥抱的人”变成“一个让你畏缩的人”，我们不得而知，但其中有一些诱人的线索。

I cringe when I think of the poems I wrote then.

每当我想起我那时写的诗歌就感到很难堪。

I cringe when I think of the risks I took.

当我想到我承担的风险时，我也会害怕。

If I'm up front, I cringe as people walk by.

如果我坐在前面，人们经过时，我会感到难为情。

Do you cringe when they come in your office ?

你迎面当他们来到你的办公室？

It's their unintended consequences that make me cringe.

是它们未被料想到的后果令我往后退缩。

So great is your power that your enemies cringe before you.

因你的大能仇敌要投降你。

School teachers probably cringe at this kind of pronunciation.

学校的老师们对这样的发音恐怕是不敢恭维。

No one wants to have to cringe when they tell people where they work.

在说到自己从事的工作时，没有人愿意畏畏缩缩。

At first glance, these words may be enough to make a project manager cringe.

乍一看，这些话足以让项目经理感到畏缩。

So when I hear scientists say, "the data speak for themselves," I cringe.

当我听到科学家们说‘数据自然会说出一切’的时候，我泪流满面。

English sports fans sometimes cringe when they hear commentary on US sports.

每当收听美国运动赛事的解说时，英国体育迷们有时会想退避三舍。

People say I was the greatest ever to play to the game. I cringe a little bit.

人们说我是这项运动的历史上最优秀的球员，对此我感到诚惶诚恐，如果作为一个观点我可以接受。

These predictions will make people who work in these fields understandably cringe.

不难理解，这些预言会使在上述领域工作的人畏畏缩缩。

I always used to cringe when Crain's would do the list of "Chicago's most powerful."

过去每当《克瑞恩商业周刊》做“芝加哥最有权力”排行榜时，我就感到很尴尬。

"Some people consider us an Internet company, but that makes us cringe," Fried and Hansson write.

“有些人觉得我们是一家网络公司，但这种说法我们避之唯恐不及。”弗里德和汉森写道。

Yes, I said contract. That word that makes you cringe at the thought of mentioning it to another person.

是的，我说的是合同，你可能在和别人提起这个词的时候会有些尴尬，为了让你容易接受点，我们也可以把它叫做协议。

People will cringe to listen to it, but when they think about it, it's remarkable how accurate it can be.

人们总是不愿去听这种理论，但是当他们思考时就会发现它有多正确。

But when she tells Germans that workers in the U.S. usually get two weeks of vacation a year, they cringe.

但是当她告诉德国人美国的工薪阶层人士一年只有两周假期的时候，他们怕了。

But when she tells Germans that workers in the U. S. usually get two weeks of vacation a year, they cringe.

但是当她告诉德国人美国的工薪阶层人士一年只有两周假期的时候，他们怕了。

Do you always celebrate your birthday or do you cringe and keep it a secret since you are another year older?

你经常庆祝生日吗？或者因为你长大了一岁，所以厌恶它，让它成为一个秘密。

Many of these people drove me crazy, but they also made me laugh and cringe, because I could see myself in some of them.

书中的很多人曾令我发疯，但他们也让我发笑和感到害怕，因为我在他们身上看到我的影子。

Today, many years and speeches later, seldom uttering an “er” or “ah,” I can laugh while I still cringe at that long-ago memory.

而多年之后的今天，经历了大大小小无数次演讲的我，已经很少说“啊”和“呃”这样的停顿词了，但是想想多年前的第一次经历还是会大笑不止。