| 单词 | scruples |
| 释义 | scruples (once / 1082 pages) n Having scruples is kind of like having a conscience: your morals or scruples cause you to act in ways you think are right. The idea of scruples has to do with ethics and morality: what is right and wrong. If you had no scruples at all, you'd just kill, steal, cheat, and do God knows what else. Scruples are a kind of moral compass that lets you know what's right. Often people use this word in an outraged way when someone does something bad: "Don't you have any scruples?" Liars, thieves, criminals, and politicians have fewer scruples than the rest of us. WORD FAMILYscruple: scrupled, scruples, scrupling, scrupulous+/scrupulous: scrupulously, scrupulousness, unscrupulous/unscrupulous: unscrupulously, unscrupulousness USAGE EXAMPLESShe also decides that “with uncharacteristic reservation and scruples that I quash any details” of their first weekend together. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) Diplomatic scruples did not inhibit Vladimir Putin, who was all too happy to fill the vacuum. The Guardian(Dec 24, 2016) “Seven weeks of insomnia outweigh many scruples,” he told her when he finally poured forth his desire in a letter. The New Yorker(Dec 11, 2016) n motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions Syn|Hypo|Hyper conscience, moral sense, 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 voicean inner voice that judges your behavior sense of duty, sense of shamea motivating awareness of ethical responsibility ethical motive, ethics, morality, morals motivation based on ideas of right and wrong |
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