squeamish

英 [ˈskwiːmɪʃ]

美 [ˈskwiːmɪʃ]

adj.  易心烦意乱的; 易恶心的; 神经脆弱的; 诚实谨慎的; 正派的; 易心烦意乱的人; 神经脆弱的人

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BNC.21826 / COCA.22926

牛津词典

adj.

• 易心烦意乱的；易恶心的；神经脆弱的
  easily upset, or made to feel sick by unpleasant sights or situations, especially when the sight of blood is involved
• 诚实谨慎的；正派的
  not wanting to do sth that might be considered dishonest or immoral
• 易心烦意乱的人；神经脆弱的人
  people who are squeamish
  1. This movie is not for the squeamish.
     这部电影不是给神经脆弱的人看的。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 易受惊的;易生气的;神经质的
  If you aresqueamish, you are easily upset by unpleasant sights or situations.
  1. I'm terribly squeamish. I can't bear gory films...
     我非常容易受到惊吓。我受不了暴力血腥的电影。
  2. I am not squeamish about blood.
     我不是很怕血。

英英释义

adj

• excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
  1. too nice about his food to take to camp cooking
  2. so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow
  Synonym:daintyniceoverniceprissy

双语例句

• I was so focused I never felt squeamish.
  我是如此地专注，以至于从未感到恶心。
• I had already warned my two squeamish pre-teens that this would not be our usual China trip: a tour of famous temples and sacred mountains by way of low-rent video game parlours and seedy Chinese amusement parks.
  我已经警告过我两个不到十多岁的娇宝贝，这次旅游并不是我们通常的中国之旅&在那些租金低廉的游戏厅和破旧的中国游乐场之间游览著名寺庙和神圣山群。
• Some Asian countries are squeamish about the effect of non-traditional security on their sovereignty. They should swallow hard.
  某些亚洲国家在非传统安全对其主权所产生影响方面多有顾忌，它们应当努力接受新观念。
• 'the silence of the lambs'is an entertaining but violent movie and is not for the squeamish.
  《沉默的羔羊》是部精彩但充满暴力的影片，不适合神经质的人。
• So they tack on politically correct stuff such as "social justice" at the Lyon event, or insist the agenda includes social enterprises when they get too squeamish about the profit motive and free markets.
  因此，这些人添加了政治上正确的东西，比如在里昂论坛中提出的“社会公正”，或者当盈利动机和自由市场让他们无法忍受时，这些人就会坚持要求将社会企业纳入议程。
• But Bettina Forbes, co-founder of an organization called Best for Babes that promotes breastfeeding and supports women who want to nurse their children beyond babyhood, said she hopes the cover will make mainstream America less squeamish about women breastfeeding children of any age.
  但贝蒂娜-福布斯说，她希望这期封面会让主流的美国大众对母亲给多大的孩子母乳喂养不要太神经质。
• The new film will ambush the unwary, appal the squeamish and get unwanted attention from the prurient.
  这部新片将出其不意地震撼粗心的观众，令胆小的观众感到惊骇，并得到好色之徒讨厌的关注。
• Most of all, squeamish investors seem to have gone cold on video games over all.
  更重要的是，已成惊弓之鸟的投资者似乎已经丧失了对整个视频游戏产业的热情。
• Normally squeamish about this, I had mysteriously been charmed by it in her case, my desire stubbornly deciding to collect there rather than around her warm smile or intelligent conversation.
  平常对这一贯很厌恶，但这次我却奇迹般被迷倒。她亲切的微笑、金色的长发或聪慧的谈吐都不及这个特征更能激发我强烈的情感。
• Talking money makes most workers squeamish.
  大多数工人一谈论到钱就会吹毛求疵。