参考词典中scruple的常规释义:
基本释义
- n. 踌躇,犹豫,微量
vi. 踌躇,有顾忌
词形变化
- 时 态:scru·pled, scru·pling, scru·ples
参考例句
- The villain made no scruple of committing murder.
那恶棍杀人不眨眼。 - To deaden,as to feelings or moral scruples;callous.
使麻木不仁如使感情或道德良知麻木;无情 - He acted wrongly and without scruple.
他做了错事毫不内疚。 - I do not stand on scruple with him.
我和他是不拘礼节的。 - She will tell lies without scruple.
她会肆无忌惮地说谎。
- The villain made no scruple of committing murder.
英英解释
3个名词解释
- a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
- uneasiness about the fitness of an action
[同] misgiving, qualm, scruple
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- an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
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- hesitate on moral grounds
[例]- The man scrupled to perjure himself
- raise scruples
[例]- He lied and did not even scruple about it
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- have doubts about
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