| 单词 | to make scruple |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make scruple (also a, no, etc., scruple) e. to make scruple (also a, no, etc., scruple): to entertain or raise a scruple or doubt; to hesitate, be reluctant, esp. on conscientious grounds. Const. infinitive; also with of (at, in) = to stick at, hesitate to do or allow, etc. ? Obsolete. (Cf. French faire scrupule, with similar constructions.) ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > be unwilling [verb (intransitive)] nillOE loathea1200 to make it tough1297 forthinka1300 reckc1300 ruea1400 to make (it) strangec1405 to make strangenessc1407 stick1418 resistc1425 to make (it) strange?1456 steek1478 tarrowc1480 doubt1483 sunyie1488 to make (it) nice1530 stay1533 shentc1540 to make courtesy (at)1542 to make it scrupulous1548 to think (it) much1548 to make dainty of (anything)1555 to lie aback1560 stand1563 steek1573 to hang back1581 erch1584 to make doubt1586 to hang the groin1587 to make scruple (also a, no, etc., scruple)1589 yearn1597 to hang the winga1601 to make squeamish1611 smay1632 bogglea1638 to hang off1641 waver1643 reluct1648 shy1650 reluctate1655 stickle1656 scruple1660 to make boggle1667 revere1689 begrudge1690 to have scruples1719 stopc1738 bitch1777 reprobate1779 crane1823 disincline1885 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > doubt, be uncertain [verb (intransitive)] > on grounds of conscience to make (no) scriple of conscience1578 to make scruple (also a, no, etc., scruple)1589 1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ Returne of Pasquill sig. Bj They presume to make a shrewde scruple of their obedience. 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. i. 51 Making a scruple that the holy shields called Ancilia were as yet not layed up againe. 1605 B. Jonson Sejanus iv. i. 487 Lac. But is that true, it 'tis prohibited To sacrifice vnto him? Ter. Some such thing Cæsar makes scruple of, but forbids it not. View more context for this quotation 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ccc4v Cæsar..made no scruple to professe, that hee had rather bee first in a village, then second at Rome. View more context for this quotation 1639 N. N. tr. J. Du Bosc Compl. Woman i. 57 The superstitious make more scruple of a little sinne then of a great. 1670 A. Marvell Let. 1 Feb. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 263 One of those who thinke it the greatest point of wisdome to make the most scruples. 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 240 I made no scruple at taking these Goods. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 14 Small scruple is made by the authorities in opening private letters. < as lemmas |
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