如果他退缩愿意被评价为谨慎或gutlessness吗？

If he held back, would that be judged as prudence or gutlessness?

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“当凯文觉得自己不能赚足够的钱，他退缩了，”苏珊解释道。

"When Kevin feels he's not making enough money, he retreats," Suzanne explains.

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但是到了要出版时，他退缩了，他害怕一本巨著会给他的敌人提供一个巨型标靶。

But he bottled out before publishing it, worried that a big book would give his enemies a big target.

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For a shirt verminously busy Yon soldier tore from his throat, with oaths Godhead might shrink at, but not the lice.

衬衫上满是虫,士兵用诅咒撕开他的喉咙,上帝可能会退缩而不是虱子。

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