Word · Frequency #18557
scruple
良心不安；道德顾虑；顾忌
a feeling of doubt or uneasiness about whether an action is morally right
- 1.
Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience; moral qualm.
因难以确定正确或适当而犹豫不决；出于良心动机的怀疑、犹豫或不愿；道德顾虑。
- 2.
a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
药衡重量单位,等于20格令
- 3.
A weight of 1⁄288 of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).
重量单位,1⁄288磅,即20格令或1⁄3打兰,约1.3克(符号:℈)。
- 4.
uneasiness about the fitness of an action
对行为适当性的不安
- 5.
A Hebrew unit of time equal to 1⁄1080 hour.
希伯来时间单位,等于1⁄1080小时。
- 6.
an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
抑制行动的伦理或道德原则
道德原则；伦理顾忌；药衡重量单位，等于20格令（约1.3克）；希伯来时间单位，等于1/1080小时；因难以确定正确或适当而犹豫不决；出于良心动机的怀疑、犹豫或不愿；道德顾虑。；药衡重量单位,等于20格令
In use
He had no scruples about lying to get the job.
She broke her promise without a scruple.
Many businesspeople have scruples about exploiting child labor.
Connections
Collocations
- have no scruples
- 毫无顾忌；没有道德顾虑
- She has no scruples about using her charm to get what she wants.对于利用魅力得到想要的东西，她毫无顾忌。
- moral scruples
- 道德顾虑；道德上的顾忌
- His moral scruples prevented him from cheating on the exam.他的道德顾虑使他在考试中没有作弊。
- scruples about
- 对……的顾虑；对……的良心不安
- He had serious scruples about accepting the bribe.他对收受贿赂感到严重的良心不安。
- a man of scruples
- 有道德原则的人；讲究操守的人
- He is a man of scruples who would never spread rumors.他是一个有道德原则的人，绝不会散布谣言。
Idioms & figurative uses
- without scruple
- 毫无顾忌地；肆无忌惮地The politician used his power without scruple to benefit his supporters.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 scruple 想成鞋里的一颗小石子：硌脚让你举步迟疑，正如良心不安时心里犹豫。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：伦理讨论、严肃报刊文章、文学或非虚构作品 scruple 表示“道德顾虑；良心不安”时，比较常见于正式或书面语境，例如讨论伦理、责任或良心的文章。日常口语中较不常用，常以复数形式 scruples 出现，并说 have scruples about (doing) sth.。
Grammar Note
药量单位；良心不安；道德顾忌
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the final unstressed syllable /pəl/ and the visible spelling -ple, but none rhymes with 'scruple' /ˈskruːpəl/ because the stressed vowel is different. 'Couple' looks closest (same -uple spelling) but is pronounced /ˈkʌpəl/.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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