I asked him to have a try, but he hung back. 我要他試一下,但他遲疑不定。
My friend promised me to help me if we meet any wild beasts when we travelled through a forest, but when the bear came up, he hung back. 我的朋友答應,一旦我們在穿越森林時(shí)遇見(jiàn)野獸,他一定幫助我。但是當熊走近時(shí),他卻退縮了。