scruple

释义

• n. 微量；顾虑；踌躇
• vi. 有顾忌；踌躇
• vt. 对…有顾虑

词源

scruple

scruple: [16] Latin scrūpus meant ‘sharp stone’, and the notion of something troubling the mind like a painful stone in the shoe led to its metaphorical use for ‘anxiety, doubt, particularly over a moral issue’. Both meanings were carried over into the diminutive form scrūpulus, which also came to be used for a very small unit of weight. This passed into English via French scrupule as scruple, on the way losing the literal sense ‘small stone’.

例句

• 1. He acted wrongly and without scruple. 他做了错事毫不内疚.
• 2. The villain made no scruple of committing murder. 那恶棍杀人不眨眼.
• 3. He did not scruple to talk crudely either. 年青人毫无拘束的还加上许多粗话蠢话.
• 4. She didn't scruple to take Tom from his wife. 她毫不犹豫地从汤姆妻子手中夺走汤姆.
• 5. My only scruple in advising the match was on his account. 当我参谋这桩婚事的时候,我唯一的顾虑倒是为了他的缘故.