conscience

[英] [ˈkɔnʃəns] [美] [ˈkɑnʃəns] 生词本

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1. N-COUNT 良心;良知 Your conscience is the part of your mind that tells you whether what you are doing is right or wrong. If you have a guilty conscience, you feel guilty about something because you know it was wrong. If you have a clear conscience, you do not feel guilty because you know you have done nothing wrong. 
  • I have battled with my conscience over whether I should actually send this letter...

    我备受良心的煎熬,不知是否真的应该把这封信寄出去。

  • What if he got a guilty conscience and brought it back?...

    要是他觉得内疚,把东西拿回来了怎么办?

  • I could go away again with a clear conscience.

    我可以问心无愧地再次离开。

2. N-UNCOUNT See also: prisoner of conscience; 信仰;凭良心行事 Conscience is doing what you believe is right even though it might be unpopular, difficult, or dangerous. 
  • He refused for reasons of conscience to sign a new law legalising abortion.

    他出于信仰,拒绝签署使堕胎合法化的新法。

  • ...the law on freedom of conscience and religious organizations.

    有关信仰自由和宗教组织自由的法律

3. N-UNCOUNT 内疚;良心不安 Conscience is a feeling of guilt because you know you have done something that is wrong. 
  • I'm so glad he had a pang of conscience...

    我很高兴他会有负疚感。

  • They have shown a ruthless lack of conscience.

    他们没有表现出丝毫内疚,实在是太无情了。

4. PHRASE 凭良心;出于公道 If you say that you cannot do something in all conscience ,in good conscience, or in conscience, you mean that you cannot do it because you think it is wrong. 
  • She could not, in good conscience, back out on her deal with him.

    凭良心她不能背弃与他达成的协议。

5. PHRASE 内疚;良心不安 If you have something on your conscience, you feel guilty because you know you have done something wrong. 
  • Now the murderer has two deaths on his conscience.

    现在,这个杀人犯背着两条人命,受到了良心的谴责。

Noun

1. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions

2. conformity to one's own sense of right conduct;

  • "a person of unflagging conscience"

3. a feeling of shame when you do something immoral;

  • "he has no conscience about his cruelty"

医学

  • 1.良心,道德心理:精神道德本能的非专业性术语,大致相当于精神分析法“超我”的概念,但与通常的“consciense”概念不同,超我的行为常为无意识的
1. A clean conscience fears not false accusations.
身正不怕影子歪。

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2. A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.
只要问心无愧,旁人的指责可以一笑置之。

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3. A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.
白天不做亏心事,夜里不怕鬼敲门。

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4. After he had committed the crime, his conscience was troubled.
他犯罪后,良心上感到很不安。

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5. After the feast she spent a week dieting to salve her conscience.
大吃了一顿之后,她花了一周时间节食以安慰自己。

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6. As a matter of conscience, he doesn't feel that he can stand up for the President any longer.
凭良心讲,他认为他无法再支持总统了。

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7. Clearing one's conscience is medicinal for the soul.
净化良心,灵魂得益。

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8. Conscience may be overruled by passion.
良心可能为感情所支配。

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9. Guilt had been eating into his conscience for some months.
几个月来内疚一直折磨着他的良心。

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10. Has your action never given you a twinge of conscience?
你做这事不屈心吗?

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11. He obeyed the dictates of his conscience.
它凭良心做事。

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12. He was pricked by his conscience.
他受到良心的谴责。

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13. His conscience overcame him and he restored the books he had taken from the shop.
他的良心战胜了自己,他把从书店拿的几本书放回了原处。

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14. I had a guilty conscience about not telling her the truth.
我因为没有告诉她事实真相而感到内疚。

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15. In the end he was driven to confess and face a prison sentence, feeling that to clear his conscience would be cheap at the price.
最终他被迫供认不讳,并面临判刑,感到他要无愧于心,其代价再昂贵也是值得的。

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16. She behaves as if she has something on her conscience.
她好像做了什么亏心事。

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17. She has become the self-appointed guardian of the nation's conscience.
她成了自封的国家良知守卫。

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18. The fee his lawyer charged for drawing up the deed was enough in all conscience.
他的律师为起草契约所收的费用确实足够了。

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19. The kind advice rests easily on one's conscience.
好言劝慰使人宽心。

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20. The matter weighed upon his conscience.
这件事使他的良心痛苦不安。

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