scruple
英 [ˈskru:pl] 美 [ˈskrupəl]

n.

良心上的不安；顾虑，顾忌；

vi.

感到于心不安，有顾忌；

变形

复数：scruples过去式：scrupled过去分词：scrupled现在分词：scrupling第三人称单数：scruples

英英释义

scruple[ 'skru:pl ]

• n.
  • a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
  • uneasiness about the fitness of an action

    同义词：qualmmisgiving

  • an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
• v.
  • hesitate on moral grounds

    "The man scrupled to perjure himself"

  • raise scruples

    "He lied and did not even scruple about it"

  • have doubts about

词组短语

without scruple肆无忌惮地，毫无顾忌地

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. He has absolutely no scruples; he'll do anything to get what he wants.
   他没有一点点顾忌，为了得到自己想要的东西，他什么事都做得出来。
2. She will tell lies without scruple.
   她会肆无忌惮地说谎。
3. Jane did it at once, and made no scruple about it.
   简毫不犹豫，立刻就办了。

用作动词(v.)

1. Don't scruple to ask for anything you want.
   你要什么请尽量讲。
2. She didn't scruple to take Tom from his wife.
   她毫不犹豫地从汤姆妻子手中夺走汤姆。

权威例句

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Obsessions of Scruple [La Maladie du Scrupule ou l'Aboulie délirante]. (Reime Philosophique, April and May, 1901.) Janet, Pierre
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A Diachronic Study on the Complementation Patterns of the Verb Scruple in American English
The sinlessly sinful Republic of Poland as “bad place”: Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski {Unscrupulous Scruple in Poland}