| 词汇 | scruple |
| 释义 | scruple noun[ C or U ] uk /ˈskruː.pəl/ us /ˈskruː.pəl/ a feeling that prevents you from doing something that you think is morally wrong or makes you uncertain about doing it: 顾忌;顾虑 Robin Hood had no scruples about robbing the rich to give to the poor.罗宾汉对劫富济贫问心无愧。 He is a man without scruple - he has no conscience.他是一个无所顾忌的人——一点良知都没有。 Morality and rules of behaviour antisocial antisocially baseness biocentric bioethicist claim ethic ethical ethically ethicist ethos honour liberty motto principle principled propriety rule-based script the rights and wrongsidiom scruple verb formaluk /ˈskruː.pəl/ us /ˈskruː.pəl/ not scruple to do something to not care that something you do is morally wrong or likely to have bad results: 毫无顾忌地做… He wouldn't scruple to cheat his own mother if there was money in it for him.只要有利可图，他会毫无顾忌地欺骗自己的母亲。 scruple | American Dictionaryscruple noun[ C/U ] us/ˈskru·pəl/ a strong belief about what is right or wrong that governs your actions: [ C ]He has scruples about going out with his students. Examples of scruplescruple The left with its scruples about the world's first socialist country and its fear of providing grist to the right's mill. They must have had some scruples about it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have no scruples whatsoever in that connection. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is stubborn, ruthless, intelligent and devoid of moral scruples—the most dangerous kind of opponent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was of a shy and retiring disposition, and he had some scruples about using violence to meet violence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Obviously that is an exaggeration, because many doctors, even if they did not respect the law, have religious scruples about doing anything of the sort. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of these wrecked cars get into the hands of back-street repairers who have no scruples. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If a person does that he does not bargain; he does nothing except insist that his scruples shall be respected. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Her own innate scruples make her loath to occupy this all-providing, all-deciding, monolithic role among responsible, civilised mankind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A nation that denies those freedoms to its own people will have few scruples about denying them to others, agreements or no agreements. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not have these scruples for magistrates' courts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, it is very important for someone with the scruples that he has to make that bold statement and demonstrate by example. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What we have to do, apparently, is to throw over our moral scruples. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have tried hard to put out of my mind any trivial and foolish or affected scruples in this matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The media picture themselves as the upholders of rectitude, but many members of the media have neither principles nor scruples. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of scruple These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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