There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.

缩小自己好让他人不会感到不安，一点都不明智，我们都应该像小孩般闪闪发亮

Enlightened adj. 开明的；文明的

Shrinking v.（shrink的ing形式） 畏缩的；犹豫不决的

Insecure adj. 不安全的；不稳定的

if something shrinks or something else shrinks it, it becomes smaller. 使缩小; 缩小

The vast forests of West Africa have shrunk.

西非那片广袤的森林已经缩小了

If you shrink away from someone or something, you move away from them because you are frightened, shocked, or disgusted by them.

(因害怕、震惊或厌恶) 避开

One child shrinks away from me when I try to talk to him.

我试着和这个孩子说话时，他避开了我。

上期翻译答案：I have been suffering from nightmare recently.

今日翻译练习：He is decisive and won't shrink from a fight.

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