| 单词 | scruple |
| 释义 | scru·ple I. 1. a. b. < indignant if the old ugly routine … is altered by so much as one poor scruple — Margery Bailey > 2. obsolete 3. II. 1. a. < a religious scruple … jeopardized his academic career — W.H.Salter > < was not overburdened with constitutional scruples where measures he favored were concerned — A.H.Meneely > b. < the want of scruple or humanity in jockeying for diplomatic advantage — Times Literary Supplement > c. archaic < small scruple is made by the authorities in opening private letters — Richard Ford > < made no scruple at taking these goods — Daniel Defoe > d. < had forgotten his scruples about accepting lavish hospitalities — Willa Cather > 2. obsolete < hope my innocency will appear beyond a scruple — William Penn > Synonyms: < moral scruples > < religious scruples > < began to have scruples, to feel obligations, to find that veracity and honor were … compelling principles — G.B.Shaw > scruple may sometimes imply undue fastidiousness < overconscientiousness … has wrecked many a promising career; I honor scruples, but they … have their place and should be kept there — Elinor Wylie > compunction denotes a spontaneous feeling of personal responsibility often accompanied by compassion for a potential victim < Lady Macbeth … had the compunction which he lacked — she could not kill … the king — S.L.Gulick b.1902 > but is now also used of a passing or superficial concern < social compunction about occupying so exclusively the attention of the room — Mary Deasy > demur usually suggests resistance to or protest against an outside influence < fashion is accepted by average people with little demur — Edward Sapir > qualm emphasizes personal aversion to an act offensive to taste or morals < few little girls can squash insects and kill rabbits without a qualm — Rose Macaulay > < serious qualms were felt by the respectable citizenry … at the idea of … young women walking unescorted through the town — American Guide Series: Massachusetts > III. transitive verb 1. archaic a. < scrupled no means to obtain his ends — Earl of Chesterfield > b. 2. obsolete intransitive verb 1. < knew it was not so, and did not scruple about lying — Irwin Edman > 2. < conspirators will often readily perjure themselves and take the oath, while some conscientious men may scruple to do so — Will Herberg > < when any financial advantage can accrue to us … we do not scruple to destroy — Farley Mowat > Synonyms: see demur |
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