scruples

英 [ˈskruːplz]

美 [ˈskruːplz]

n.  (道德上的)顾忌，顾虑
v.  无所顾忌地做; 肆无忌惮地干
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柯林斯词典

• N-VAR (道德上的)顾忌,顾虑;良心不安
  Scruplesare moral principles or beliefs that make you unwilling to do something that seems wrong.
  1. ...a man with no moral scruples.
     道德败坏的人

英英释义

noun

• motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
  Synonym:consciencemoral sensesense of right and wrong

双语例句

• Jou-chia also discovered that one needn't have as many scruples toward one's husband as toward parents.
  柔也发现对丈夫不必像对父母那样有顾忌。
• Well, I must confess, these are scruples.
  嗯，我已经必须承认，这些都是造孽钱。
• I understand that it's hard when you are asked to protect the American people against people who have no scruples and would willingly and gladly kill innocents.
  我理解，当你们被要求去保护美国人民，而你们的敌人则是些良心上没有任何顾忌，愿意并且乐于杀戮无辜的人，你们的任务很艰巨。
• I don't care to do what you ask. I have scruples about interfering in his affairs.
  我不愿做你所要求的事。要干预他的事我是有所顾忌的。
• I have no principled objection to it, ie no objection based on moral scruples.
  从道德上来说，我并不反对此事。
• He was not a man who inherently was troubled with conscientious scruples.
  他天生就不是一个顾忌良心责备的人。
• I have scruples about playing cards for money.
  我对于玩纸牌赌钱有所顾忌。
• Let all crooked scruples vanish, let me hopelessly lose my way.
  让一切歪曲的顾虑消亡吧，让我无望地迷失了路途。
• Some scruples and some reluctance the widower-father may be supposed to have felt;
  可以料想，那丧偶的父亲心里有些顾虑，有些踌躇。
• Oh, I had a few scruples. I assuaged my conscience with empty words.
  哦，我有过一点顾虑，但我用空洞的话语安慰我的良知。