| 单词 | scruple |
| 释义 | scruple —scrupleless, adj. /skrooh"peuhl/, n. , v. , scrupled, scrupling. n. 1. a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions. 2. a very small portion or amount. 3. a unit of weight equal to 20 grains (1.295 grams) or 1/3 of a dram, apothecaries' weight. 4. an ancient Roman unit of weight equivalent to 1/24 of an ounce or 1/288 of an as or pound. Cf. as2 (def. 2). v.i. 5. to have scruples. v.t. 6. to have scruples about; hesitate at. [1350-1400; ( < F scrupule) < L scrupulus unit of weight, worry, precaution equiv. to scrup(us) rough pebble + -ulus -ULE; r. earlier scriple, ME < L scripulum (var. scriptulum) small weight, pebble, alter. of scrupulus by assoc. with scriptum writing (see SCRIPT; for sense relation cf. GRAM)] Syn. 1. qualm, compunction, restraint. 6. waver. |
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