踯躅不前

If you allow yourself to be discouraged by current obstacles, you might not have great achievements.

如果受阻于眼前的困难而踯躅不前，那你可能无法取得成就。

Yet the more docile horse would balk every time he came to the edge.

然而那匹温顺的马每当走到壕沟边缘的时候，都踯躅不前。

If you allow yourself to become preoccupied by immediate interests or discouraged by current obstacles, you might not make the wisest decisions.

如果斤斤计较于当前的利益，或是囿于眼前的困难而踯躅不前，那是不会做出最明智的决定的。

Put it away, move on, you never get yourself in vain; or else, mark your time, it´s doomed to cost you the other arm.

放下了，继续前进，说明你的代价没有白白付出；放不下，踯躅不前，注定你以后还要继续付出更惨重的代价！

Now a Professor at Buckingham University, Mr Woodhead has never been one to tiptoe around fundamental issues, however explosive they may be.

现任白金汉大学教授Woodhead先生可不是个会在那些涉及基本原则的话题面前踯躅不前的人，不管那些话题有多劲爆。