Many individuals are gun shy about using technology out of fear that they’ll remain too much in touch — that their time will be consumed by intrusive e-mails and cell phone calls. Fair enough.

然而，许多人却出于恐惧而对于使用技术小心翼翼，他们对此保持了太多的接触——因而他们的时间往往被恼人的电子邮件和电话呼叫消磨掉了。

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The electric-power industry is gun-shy about building more large plants.

电力行业对建设更多的大型电厂十分担心。

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"I think he blames himself for his failed marriage and is gun-shy about intimacy and the give-and-take of a relationship," Hanks says.

“我认为他失败的婚姻不断自责，对于男女关系太过敏感。”汉克斯说。

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Figure banks that needed TARP funds were necessarily insolvent and gun shy.

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With many consumers still gun shy when it comes to spending, retailers know their work is cut out for them to grow Christmas sales this year.

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The potential market is huge, but the regulatory hurdles for protein drugs is incredibly high--especially when the Food and Drug Administration is likely to become more gun shy when it comes to drug safety.

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