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Fully loadedconscience
良心；道德心
核心释义
The inner moral sense of right and wrong that guides a person's behaviour and attitudes toward their own actions.
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对与错的道德感,主要影响个人自身行为并形成其对过往行为的态度
The ethical or moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects a person’s own behaviour and forms their attitude to their past actions.
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源于支配个人思想和行为的伦理或道德原则的动机
motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
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道德是非感的人格化,通常以人、生灵或仅以给予道德教训和建议的声音形式出现
A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices.
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遵循自己正确行为的标准
conformity to one's own sense of right conduct
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做不道德事情时的羞愧感
a feeling of shame when you do something immoral
内疚；愧疚；良心不安；良知；是非之心；对与错的道德感,主要影响个人自身行为并形成其对过往行为的态度；源于支配个人思想和行为的伦理或道德原则的动机；道德是非感的人格化,通常以人、生灵或仅以给予道德教训和建议的声音形式出现
用法In use
She decided to return the wallet she found because her conscience told her it was the right thing to do.
用法提示：此处“conscience”指道德良知，引导行为正确与否的判断。
He had a guilty conscience after lying to his parents about his grades.
用法提示：“a guilty conscience”是固定搭配，表示因做了错事而感到不安。
The politician acted in good conscience when he voted for the new environmental law.
用法提示：“in good conscience”表示凭良心、问心无愧地做某事。
a person of unflagging conscience
he has no conscience about his cruelty
have a ... conscience
形容词常用 clear/good 表示“清白的”，guilty/bad 表示“内疚的”。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- have a clear conscience
- 问心无愧
- After returning the lost wallet, he had a clear conscience.归还丢失的钱包后，他问心无愧。
- guilty conscience
- 内疚的良心
- She couldn't sleep because of her guilty conscience.她因内疚的良心而无法入睡。
- social conscience
- 社会良知
- Companies should act with a social conscience.公司应当带着社会良知行事。
- a matter of conscience
- 良心问题
- For him, voting is a matter of conscience.对他而言，投票是良心问题。
- conscience pricks
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记'良心'：con（共同）+ science（科学）→ 大家都认同的科学道德准则
语境与语域Context & Register
通常用于讨论道德、伦理方面的内心准则，中性词，既适用于正式书面语也常见于日常口语。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in /ʃəns/ (patience, sentience, prescience) rhyme with conscience. Ancient ends in /ʃənt/ (similar but not identical). Science and conscious are common lookalikes that sound different: science has /saɪ/ and /s/ not /ʃ/; conscious has /ʃəs/ not /ʃəns/.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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