NOT so long ago, most fund managers riding the private-equity wave were squeamish about appearing in public.

不久之前，大多数驾驭私人股权浪潮的经理人都还对出现在公开场合感到拘谨。

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At that age I was not squeamish about killing animals, but I had never shot an elephant and never wanted to.

按我当时的年纪，当然不会因为要对一只什么动物下死手而缩手缩脚，但我确实没有杀过大象，连这样的念头也从不曾有过。

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According to a recent BBC article, it is the British who seem far less squeamish about swearing than Americans.

据英国广播公司最近发布的一篇文章，英国对咒骂的敏感程度远不及美国人高。

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But they are not alone in being squeamish about much of the pro-independence rhetoric.

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The government is still squeamish about letting the outfits that run schools make a profit.

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Yet despite these statistics, people feel squeamish about the exam and tend to put it off.

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