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单词 conscience
释义
conscience
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n

A conscience is a built-in sense of what's right and what's wrong. That sick feeling in your stomach after you meanly told your younger brother the truth about Santa Claus? That might be your conscience bothering you.
The word conscience contains the word science, which comes from the Latin word scientia, meaning "to know" or "knowledge." You can think of your conscience as your knowledge of yourself, especially when it comes to your own morals, or your feelings about right and wrong. Pangs of conscience, which feel like an uncomfortable inner voice, are helpful when you're trying to decide the right thing to do in a particular situation.
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conscious / conscience

Both words have to do with the mind, but it's more important to be conscious, or awake, than conscience, or aware of right and wrong. Remain conscious while listening to your friend's moral dilemma so you can use your conscience to give good advice.

Conscious, pronounced "KAHN-shuhs," means being aware of yourself or the world around you. It also means being sensitive to something or being awake, not asleep or insensible:

Witnesses say he was bleeding profusely but conscious and talking. (Washington Post)

He was even horribly conscious of a slow pallor creeping over his face. (Bertram Mitford)

Conscience, pronounced "KAHN-shuhns," is a moral understanding, an inner feeling, of right and wrong. If you were a cartoon, your conscience would be that little angel on your shoulder, telling you the right thing to do (and to ignore the little devil on the other side). See the word in action:

They went out guiltily, as men whose consciences troubled them. (Richard Marsh)

Passports are not required, but a social conscience probably is. (New York Times)

To help keep conscious and conscience straight, try emphasizing the second n in conscience, remembering that the conscience deals with your inner thoughts.

WORD FAMILY
conscience: conscienceless, consciences, conscientious, conscionable+/conscienceless: consciencelessly/conscientious: conscientiously, conscientiousness, unconscientious/conscionable: conscionably, unconscionable/unconscientious: unconscientiously, unconscientiousness/unconscionable: unconscionably
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“My heart is shattered and broken…………. but my conscience is clear. And THAT, really is all that matters.”
Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016)
She ended by noting, “My heart is shattered and broken…………. but my conscience is clear. And THAT, really is all that matters.”
Time(Dec 30, 2016)
Read my blog, The Conscience of a Liberal, and follow me on Twitter, @PaulKrugman.
New York Times(Dec 30, 2016)
1n motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
moral sense, scruples, sense of right and wrong
superego
(psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience
small voice, voice of conscience, wee small voice
an inner voice that judges your behavior
sense of duty, sense of shame
a motivating awareness of ethical responsibility
ethical motive, ethics, morality, morals
motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
2n conformity to one's own sense of right conduct
a person of unflagging conscience
Hypo|Hyper
conscientiousness
the quality of being in accord with the dictates of conscience
unconscientiousness
the quality of being willing to ignore the dictates of conscience
religiousness
the quality of being extremely conscientious
morality
concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct
3n a feeling of shame when you do something immoral
he has no conscience about his cruelty
Hyper
shame
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
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