| 单词 | a pinch of conscience |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa pinch of conscience a. Emotional pain, esp. as caused by remorse, conscience, or sorrow; an instance of this, a pang. Now frequently a pinch of conscience. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > [noun] > a pang stitch?c1225 prong1440 twitch?1510 pang1534 pincha1566 aculeusa1612 twinge1622 twang1721 tang1724 twinging1816 brain-ache1836 the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [noun] > anguish or torment piningOE anguishc1225 pinsing?c1225 tormentc1290 afflictiona1382 martyrdomc1384 tormentryc1386 labourc1390 martyryc1390 throea1393 martyre?a1400 cruelty14.. rack?a1425 hacheec1430 prong1440 agonya1450 ragea1450 pang1482 sowing1487 cruciation1496 afflict?1529 torture?c1550 pincha1566 anguishment1592 discruciament1593 excruciation1618 fellness1642 afflictedness1646 pungency1649 perialgia1848 perialgy1857 racking1896 the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [noun] > anguish or torment > pang(s) of death agonya1500 pincha1566 society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [noun] > pricking or murmuring of conscience wormOE prick of conscience?c1225 bitingc1440 compunction?a1475 grudge1483 pouncea1500 grutch1509 pincha1566 remurmuration of conscience1611 twinge1622 wringing1623 twinging1816 a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. Givv Ne at this present pinch of death am I dismayde. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 608 No pinch of penalty is comparable to pinch of conscience. 1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace xxvi. 451 Have these convictions..brought you to a great pinch, and inward distress of soul? 1762 D. Garrick Cymbeline i. i. 11 There cannot be a pinch in Death More sharp than this is. 1878 J. Todhunter Alcestis ii. ii. 73 Ay, here's the pinch of parting. 1885 ‘M. Field’ Father's Trag. i. iii. 21 We broke our word. There lies the pinch of conscience. 1960 College Eng. 22 36/1 The aged wit..flunked with a firmly inscribed ‘F’ and no pinch of conscience—any student who was so misinformed or defiant as to write seriously about Thoreau. 1985 O. Imasogie Afr. Trad. Relig. (ed. 2) i. 7 As more facts on African religions became available, the scholars could no longer ignore them without a pinch of the conscience. < as lemmas |
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