在困难面前怎能畏缩不前呢？

How could we hesitate to press forward in the face of difficulties?

那条狗看见了一条蛇便畏缩不前。

The dog cringed at the sight of a snake.

你是否曾因为害怕失败而畏缩不前？

Have you ever held back on doing something because you were afraid of failure?

他说他会泅水，但是等咱们到了湖边他却畏缩不前了。

He said he could swim, but he backed down when we got to the lake.

虽然萨利赫在7月的一次炸弹袭击中侥幸逃生，而且这次爆炸令其严重烧伤并迫使他飞赴沙特阿拉伯接受深切治疗，但到目前为止他仍是畏缩不前。

Mr Saleh has so far balked, despite narrowly surviving a bomb blast in June that left him severely burned, and forced him to fly to Saudi Arabia for extensive treatment.