缺乏，不足，不够：指某物或某人在数量、质量或程度上不足或不够。
不愿意，不敢，害怕：指某人因为害羞、不自信或害怕而不愿意做某事。
畏缩；羞于…
... be afraid of恐怕；害怕；畏惧；担心 be shy of难为情；不好意思；犹豫不想 be innocent of无罪的；无辜的；清白的 ...
... be afraid of恐怕；害怕；畏惧；担心 be shy of难为情；不好意思；犹豫不想 be innocent of无罪的；无辜的；清白的 ...
... be sensitive to 对----敏感的 be shy of 对----迟疑，畏缩 be similar to 和----相似 ...
... be short of (=lacking enough)缺少,不够 be shy of 难为情, 不好心思 at the side of 与…比拟 ...
畏缩；羞于…
Don't be shy of telling us the truth.
告诉我们真相，不要不好意思。
If you want something to eat, don't be shy of saying so.
你要吃点什么，别不好意思说。
She was old enough to be shy of bears, even very small bears like Little Bear.
她是一个大人，知道要躲着熊，即使是小比尔这样的小熊。
Roger Smith,a co-founder of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, says many Turks refuse to use the word 'genocide.' "I worked with some Turkish scholars and these are people who would be considered liberals and so on - but even they really kind of shy away from using the word 'genocide.' They will talk about massacres - you lay all of these things out and they say yeah,yeah,yeah, this happened,okay - well no,I don't want to use that word.
VOA : standard.2010.03.19
Africans tend to be shy of their beliefs and do not discuss them easily with outsiders.
Although some suggest Mr Romney has reason to be shy of boasting too much, he apparently used his business skills and a certain amount of flair to save an event that was deep in trouble: over budget and, in the minds of many, headed towards a failure that would humiliate America.
Pittsburgh was looking for its 15th straight victory, which would be two shy of the NHL record set by Mario Lemieux and the 1992-93 Penguins.