squeamish

IPA/ˈskwiːmɪʃ/
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squeamish — 形容詞

  • squeamishpositive
  • more squeamishcomparative
  • most squeamishsuperlative

1. A person who is squeamish feels uncomfortable or sick when they see or experienc

1.形容詞C1
釋義

易反感

容易對不愉快事物感到反感或噁心

A person who is squeamish feels uncomfortable or sick when they see or experience something unpleasant, such as blood, dirt, injury, or a disturbing image.

例句

Ryo felt too squeamish to watch the nurse stitch up his wound.

Ryo 看到護士縫合他的傷口時覺得太噁心，不敢看。

too + adjective + to-infinitive pattern

Lakshmi is so squeamish about spiders that she calls a neighbour to remove them.

Lakshmi 對蜘蛛反感到了極點，每次都叫鄰居來幫她抓。

squeamish about + noun

常見搭配
  • feel squeamish
  • get squeamish
  • become squeamish
  • squeamish about blood
  • squeamish about violence
  • too squeamish to watch
同義詞
  • queasy

    Focuses more on physical nausea than emotional disgust; more common for motion sickness or stomach upset.

  • easily disgusted

    Direct and transparent but less concise; a phrase rather than a single adjective.

  • faint-hearted

    Describes a lack of courage rather than physical revulsion; overlaps only at the edges.

反義詞
  • hardened

    Describes someone who no longer feels shock or disgust because of repeated exposure.

  • unfazed

    Describes not being upset by something, without implying prior sensitivity.

文法句型

squeamish + about + noun/-ing

too squeamish + to-infinitive

用法筆記

Frequently used with 'about' to specify the source of discomfort, or with 'too … to' to describe an inability to handle something. The physical nausea sense (feeling sick at the sight of blood, for example) is the more common use; the moral/ethical sense is covered under sense 2.

常見錯誤

I'm squeamish about the exam tomorrow.
I'm nervous about the exam tomorrow.
'Squeamish' describes a reaction to unpleasant or disgusting things, not to general stress or worry.
The food was squeamish.
The food made me feel squeamish.
'Squeamish' describes a person's reaction, not the thing that causes it.

2. If someone is squeamish about doing something, they avoid or refuse to do it bec

2.形容詞C1
釋義

有顧忌

不願做可能被視為不道德的事

If someone is squeamish about doing something, they avoid or refuse to do it because they consider it dishonest, unfair, or morally wrong.

例句

Even though the deal saved the company money, Gabriela was squeamish about firing loyal employees.

雖然那筆交易幫公司省了錢，Gabriela 對於開除資深員工還是很顧忌。

squeamish about + -ing clause

Zuri felt squeamish about taking credit for work that her teammate had done.

Zuri 覺得搶同事的功勞很不安，因此不願佔為己有。

常見搭配
  • squeamish about lying
  • squeamish about cheating
  • squeamish about taking bribes
  • not squeamish about + noun/-ing
  • morally squeamish
同義詞
  • scrupulous

    Suggests a principled, sometimes strict adherence to what is right; 'squeamish' emphasises emotional discomfort as well.

  • principled

    More positive and active; describes someone who acts on moral beliefs, not just avoids wrongdoing.

  • hesitant

    Neutral; does not carry the moral-judgment connotation of 'squeamish'.

反義詞
  • unscrupulous

    Describes someone who does not care about honesty or fairness at all.

  • unprincipled

    Describes someone lacking moral standards, similar to unscrupulous but slightly less condemnatory.

文法句型

squeamish + about + noun/-ing

用法筆記

This sense is almost always used with 'about' and a gerund (e.g., 'about lying', 'about cheating'). It can also appear in the negative ('not squeamish about') to describe someone who has no moral reservations. Distinguish from sense 1, where the discomfort is physical or emotional; here the hesitation is ethical.

常見錯誤

He was squeamish about the difficult maths problem.
He was squeamish about bending the rules on the test.
This sense involves moral hesitation, not general difficulty or reluctance.
She is squeamish to go to the party.
She is squeamish about lying to her parents about the party.
The ethical sense requires a morally charged object, not a neutral activity.

同根字

  • squeamishly
    副詞C2
  • squeamishness
    名詞C2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • a squeamish person
  • a squeamish stomach

副詞搭配

  • a little squeamish
  • rather squeamish
  • too squeamish
  • particularly squeamish
  • increasingly squeamish

常用片語

  • feel squeamish
  • get squeamish
  • become squeamish
  • make someone squeamish
  • turn squeamish

介系詞搭配

  • squeamish about