compunction

英 [kəmˈpʌŋkʃn]

美 [kəmˈpʌŋkʃn]

n. 内疚; 愧疚

复数：compunctions　

GRE TEM8

BNC.23676 / COCA.27278

牛津词典

noun

内疚；愧疚
a guilty feeling about doing sth
1. She felt no compunction about leaving her job.
  她对自己的辞职一点儿也不感到懊悔。
2. He had lied to her without compunction.
  他向她撒了谎却毫无愧疚。
3. She has no compunctions about rejecting the plan.
  她对拒绝那个计划丝毫也不后悔。

柯林斯词典

N-UNCOUNT 内疚;愧疚
If you say that someonehas no compunction aboutdoing something, you mean that they do it without feeling ashamed or guilty.
1. He has no compunction about relating how he killed his father.
  他在讲述自己杀害父亲的过程时，没有感到丝毫的内疚。

英英释义

noun

a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
Synonym:remorseself-reproach

双语例句

Margaret has never had any compunction about wearing other people's belongings, or indeed lending her own.
玛格丽特从不在乎穿、戴他人的衣服或首饰，也不在乎把自己的衣服借给别人。
To meet the threat of an enemy without compunction, who sets the value of human life at naught, governments will need to beef up both.
眼下的敌人毫无悔疚之心，视人命如草芥；为应对其威胁，各国政府需加强以上两方面搜集情报工作。
But they also feel little compunction about stealing software.
但他们同时又毫无顾忌地盗窃软件。
I feel no compunction in doing it.
做这件事我不感到负疚。
He would use it to get what he wanted without compunction if it would help, but not as though he was enamored of it; rather as if he deemed people beneath contempt for being influenced by it.
倘若必要的话，他会若无其事地运用他的美貌去得到他想得到的东西，不过，他好像并不沉醉于自己的美貌，他似乎认为受自己的美貌影响的是最不足挂齿的。
He had lied to her without compunction.
他向她撒了谎却毫无愧疚。
Some people can deceive others without compunction.
有些人可以毫无顾忌的欺骗他人。
Everyone feels guilty from time to time, but being consumed with compunction can suck the joy out of life.
每个人时不时都会感有内疚，但是被“良心”吃了的话会让你的生活没有快乐。
He might have spared his compunction, for Catherine had not noticed the lapse.
不过他也大可不必感到不安，因为凯瑟琳根本没有注意到（他说话的）疏忽。
Life in the college is colourful and bright, which predicate that when you recall it many years later, there is so many nice memory in your mind and nothing to compunction.
大学生活是丰富多彩的，这意味着当你多年后再回想起时，原来有如此多美好的记忆，而不为任何的事情忏悔。