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

• 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。
• 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。
• She forgot her scruples, and as he rose to say good-Bye, hex eyes were shining.
  她打消了顾虑，在他站起来告别的时候，她激动得两眼闪闪发光。
• Art is not without scruples, behavior art without doubt have its own bottom line.
  艺术并非是无所顾忌，行为艺术无疑也有自己的道德底线。
• Her Orthodox Jewish upbringing and my own Catholic scruples imposed a celibate grace that made even kissing a distant prospect, however fervently desired.
  她的正统犹太教养育和我自己的天主教顾忌实行独身主义的宽限期，使甚至亲吻一个遥远的前景，但是热切期望的。
• His objections, the scruples of his integrity, seemed all done away, nobody could tell how;
  他的顾虑，他因为为人正直而产生的顾忌，似乎早已荡然无存&谁也说不准是怎么回事；
• We'll respect Catherine's filial scruples.
  凯瑟琳由于出于孝心而有所顾虑，这我们应当尊重。
• He was a dangerous adversary, and had few scruples in taking every possible advantage.
  他是一个危险的对手，并没有多少顾忌，采取一切可能的优势。
• 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。
• 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。