| 单词 | conscience issue |
| 释义 | > as lemmasconscience issue conscience issue n. an issue on which a person is guided by his or her conscience, as opposed to acting for pragmatic or party political reasons. ΚΠ 1856 Daily Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) 28 Feb. 2/3 (heading) The conscience issue applied to Kansas. But you insist that your conscience will not allow you to sit still and see the extension of slavery going on in this country. 1901 Green Bag Dec. 552/1 He..was always ready to give encouragement and effective personal work to what may be called ‘conscience issues’ like Civil Service Reform. 1962 Marriage & Family Living 24 97/1 The conscience issue may still be for many, or even most, a more critical one than good interpersonal relations. 2009 F. E. Lee Beyond Ideol. iv. 90 Party pressure has little effect on ‘conscience issues’ such as abortion, affirmative action, gay rights, and school prayer. < as lemmas |
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