Scruple
['skruːp(ə)l] or ['skrupl]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action.
(noun.) uneasiness about the fitness of an action.
(noun.) a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains.
(verb.) have doubts about.
(verb.) raise scruples; 'He lied and did not even scruple about it'.
(verb.) hesitate on moral grounds; 'The man scrupled to perjure himself'.
整理:温弗雷德--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram.
(n.) Hence, a very small quantity; a particle.
(n.) Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience.
(v. i.) To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on account of considerations of conscience or expedience.
(v. t.) To regard with suspicion; to hesitate at; to question.
(v. t.) To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
手打:特雷弗
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Hesitation, hesitancy, doubt, perplexity, qualm.[2]. Twenty grains.
v. n. Hesitate, doubt, waver, fluctuate.
克林特手打
同義詞及反義詞:
[See SCRAPE]
SYN:Misgiving, doubt, hesitation, qualm, reluctance, question
ANT:recklessness, unscrupulousness, confidence, assurance, self-satisfaction,self-approval, self-complacency
手打:萨曼莎
解釋/意思:
n. a small weight—in apothecaries' weight 20 troy grains ⅓ drachm 1⁄24 ounce and 1⁄288 of a troy pound: a very small quantity: reluctance to decide or act as from motives of conscience: difficulty.—v.i. to hesitate in deciding or acting.—n. Scru′pler.—adj. Scru′pulous having scruples doubts or objections: conscientious: cautious: exact: captious.—adv. Scru′pulously.—ns. Scru′pulousness Scrupulos′ity state of being scrupulous: doubt: niceness: precision.
整理:泰丝
例句/造句/用法:
- After abusing you so abominably to your face, I could have no scruple in abusing you to all your relations. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- I am sure the scruple does you honour, Mr. Sandeford. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- That will obviate all difficulties you know; and from _us_ I really think, my dear Jane, you can have no scruple to accept such an accommodation. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- I respect your scruple, sir; but in this case I believe true delicacy requires you to do as I ask. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- My only scruple in advising the match was on his account, as being beneath his deserts, and a bad connexion for him. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- I play my Ace, Mr. Barsad, said Carton, taking the answer on himself, and looking at his watch, without any scruple, in a very few minutes. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- If Mr. Copperfield, or if you, Mr. Traddles, feel the least scruple, in giving this promise, I beg you to take time to consider it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- He did not scruple to add that her being at home for a while would be a great advantage to everybody. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Don't scruple to answer freely, man. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- I do, said the Preceptor, nor do I scruple to do aught for advancement of the Order--but there is little time to find engines fitting. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Betteredge's last-left scruples vanished at that. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- I have no such scruples, and I am sure I could put up with every unpleasantness of that kind with very little effort. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- Let us help each other through seasons of want and woe as well as we can, without heeding in the least the scruples of vain philosophy. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Selden continued with a smile: You see no such scruples restrained me; but then I haven't as much to risk if I incur your displeasure. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- To every gallon of juice to be filtered there is placed in the filter 2 ounces of charcoal, 2 scruples of crushed mustard seed, and 6 drachms of ground sassafras root. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Nay, that were a shame, muttered the other fellow; and yet, when I served in the band of stout old Gandelyn, we had no such scruples of conscience. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Perhaps he has conscientious scruples founded on his own unfitness, said Dorothea, who was interesting herself in finding a favorable explanation. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The mention of the dinner dispelled Miss Stepney's last scruples. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- He should have respected even unreasonable scruples, had there been such; but hers were all reasonable. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Hitherto Lily had been undisturbed by scruples. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
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