scruple
scruple 英 [ˈskru:pl] 美 [ˈskrupəl]
n. 微量；顾虑；踌躇 vi. 有顾忌；踌躇 vt. 对…有顾虑
进行时:scrupling 过去式:scrupled 过去分词:scrupled 第三人称单数:scruples 名词复数:scruples
- Your scruples are what keep you from doing things you consider to be morally or ethically wrong. Your scruples won't allow you to cheat on a test, or steal from your brother's Halloween candy stash.
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- n. 微量；顾虑；踌躇
- vi. 有顾忌；踌躇
- vt. 对…有顾虑
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1. Well, look at this footnote: And the history of words after a poem is written may contribute meanings which if relevant to the original pattern should not be ruled out by a scruple about intention.
那么我们就来看一下这条脚注：,在诗产生后，语言的意思也就跟着产生了,这种意思如果和原始的形式不同,就不该有对作者意图的顾虑。
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2. He bowed. "I respect your scruple, sir; but in this case I believe true delicacy requires you to do as I ask.
他点了点头，说：“我尊重你的顾虑，先生，不过对这件事，我以为真正的审慎还是要按我说的去做。
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3. and every speculative scruple will be solved by practical public blessing.
并且每一个推测性的踌躇都将为符合实际的公共祝福所解决。
- scruple (n.) "moral misgiving, pang of conscience," late 14c., from Old French scrupule (14c.), from Latin scrupulus "uneasiness, anxiety, pricking of conscience," literally "small sharp stone," diminutive of scrupus "sharp stone or pebble," used figuratively by Cicero for a cause of uneasiness or anxiety, probably from the notion of having a pebble in one's shoe. The word in the more literal Latin sense of "small unit of weight or measurement" is attested in English from late 14c.
- scruple (v.) "to have or make scruples," 1620s, from scruple (n.). Related: Scrupled; scrupling.
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