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[/ˈkɔnʃəns; ˋkɑnʃəns/] n [C, U] 用法:
1 person's awareness of right and wrong with regard to his own thoughts and actions 良心; 是非感:
have a clear/guilty conscience, ie feel one has done right/wrong 问心无[有]愧 *
After she had committed the crime, her conscience was troubled, ie she felt very guilty. 她犯罪後, 良心上感到很不安. *
She cheerfully cheats and lies; she's got no conscience at all. 她以撒谎和骗人为乐, 完全没有良心. *
I must go. It's a matter of conscience, ie I think it would be morally wrong not to go. 我必须去, 这是有关良心的事（不去对不起自己的良心）. *
prisoners of conscience, ie people imprisoned because they believe it is wrong to support a political system, etc 政治犯（认为拥护某政治制度等是错误的因而被关押者）. 用法:
2 (idm 习语) ease sb's conscience/mind => ease2. have sth on one's conscience feel troubled about sth one has done or failed to do 因做了某事或未能做某事而内疚:
He has several murders on his conscience. 他因为谋害了几个人而受到良心的谴责. in all conscience by any reasonable standard 当然; 的确; 凭良心:
You cannot in all conscience regard that as fair pay. 你在良心上总不能认为那样的报酬算是合理的吧. on one's `conscience making one feel one has done wrong, or left sth undone 使人觉得自己做错了事或该做某事而未做:
It's still on my conscience that I didn't warn her in time. 我未能及时提醒她, 这事至今使我耿耿於怀. search one's heart/conscience => search. |