那我不是怕她知道这个之后 打退堂鼓吗
“I'm worried she'll back out once she finds out.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Now that she's joined the project team, why are you keeping it from her?”
那 我不是 怕她 知道 这个 之后 打退堂鼓 吗
“I'm worried she'll back out once she finds out.”
“You have no idea how hard it was for her to get into this team.”
“I only kept quiet because she would quit immediately if she found out.”
Concealing facts to keep a group member committed to a difficult endeavor is often seen as pragmatically necessary rather than malicious.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to back out; to give up halfway; to beat a retreat
A very common colloquial idiom used when someone withdraws from an undertaking due to fear or difficulty.
isn't it just because I was worried that...
A rhetorical framing used in speech to justify an action that looks questionable on the surface.
Turns the statement into a rhetorical question to seek validation and justify previous conduct.
