| 单词 | to scruple at |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto scruple at a. intransitive. To entertain or raise scruples; to hesitate, demur, †doubt. Chiefly to scruple at (also in indirect passive). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > doubt, be uncertain [verb (intransitive)] tweonc897 to be at or in weeningc1275 doubtc1325 dreadc1400 vary1477 swither1535 stay1583 to have or make scruple of1600 demur1612 demurea1616 hesitate1623 Nicodemize1624 scruple1639 scrupulize1642 query1647 to make doubt1709 to have scruples1719 to have weres1768 mislippen1816 dubitate1837 the mind > language > statement > speaking against or contradiction > speak against or contradict [verb (transitive)] withsake971 withsayc1175 forbidc1275 withtellec1275 counterplead1377 again-saya1382 withsaya1382 contrary1382 countersay1393 withstand1513 transverse1532 cross1589 contradict1596 controvert1596 respire1629 scruple1639 contravene1722 oppugn1781 countervene1825 to stand down1869 1639 J. Saltmarsh Pract. Policie 120 When you are to be engaged in imploiment, and your abilities are doubted and questioned, and therefore you are scrupeld at. 1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 63 Although M. de Nointel scrupl'd at first, yet he consented at length. 1708 E. Halley in Miscellanea Curiosa (Royal Soc.) (ed. 2) III. 407 Whilst I was scrupling at this Relation, they brought me Gallasius his Commentary upon Exodus. 1824 R. Southey Sir Thomas More (1831) I. 26 The sovereigns..who scrupled at no means for securing themselves on the throne. 1861 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1873) II. viii. 481 His love for the Church was a passion and he scrupled at nothing which could advance its interests. < as lemmas |
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