compunction

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UK [kəmˈpʌŋkʃ(ə)n]
  • n.内疚；愧疚
  • Web懊悔；悔恨；后悔

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compunction
n.
1.
~ (about doing sth)
内疚；愧疚a guilty feeling about doing sth
She felt no compunction about leaving her job.
她对自己的辞职一点儿也不感到懊悔。
He had lied to her without compunction.
他向她撒了谎却毫无愧疚。
She has no compunctions about rejecting the plan.
她对拒绝那个计划丝毫也不后悔。

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Definition:
AllAll,内疚内疚,愧疚愧疚,懊悔懊悔,悔恨悔恨,后悔后悔
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1.
He might have spared his compunction, for Catherine had not noticed the lapse.
不过他也大可不必感到不安，因为凯瑟琳根本没有注意到（他说话的）疏忽。
bú guò tā yě dà kě bú bì gǎn dào bù ān , yīn wèi kǎi sè lín gēn běn méi yǒu zhù yì dào ( tā shuō huà de ) shū hū 。
2.
I might feel a trifle of compunction if I had to deal with a President of the United States.
要是我不得不和一位美国总统打交道的话，我可能会感到有点内疚。
yào shi wǒ bù dé bù hé yī wèi měi guó zǒng tǒng dǎ jiāo dao de huà , wǒ kě néng huì gǎn dào yǒu diǎn nèi jiù 。
3.
Mr Linton stood looking at her in sudden compunction and fear. He told me to fetch some water.
林惇先生刹那间感到既悔恨、又恐惧，站在那儿望着她，吩咐我去拿点水来。
lín dūn xiān sheng chà nà jiān gǎn dào jì huǐ hèn 、 yòu kǒng jù , zhàn zài nà er wàng zhe tā , fēn fù wǒ qù ná diǎn shuǐ lái 。
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4.
After seeing the obliteration of its sister ship, the Twilight Compunction had no desire to face them alone.
看见它的姐妹舰的命运，黎明的谴责再没有欲望独自面对他们。
kàn jiàn tā de jiě mèi jiàn de mìng yùn , lí míng de qiǎn zé zài méi yǒu yù wàng dú zì miàn duì tā men 。
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5.
We shall have no compunction in throwing overboard our ancient manners, nor any in emulating their lack of courtesy.
抛弃我们古代的礼仪我们将不会产生内疚之情，效仿他们缺乏殷勤好客的态度我们也不会心生不安之意。
pāo qì wǒ men gǔ dài de lǐ yí wǒ men jiāng bú huì chǎn shēng nèi jiù zhī qíng , xiào fǎng tā men quē fá yīn qín hào kè de tài du wǒ men yě bù huì xīn shēng bù ān zhī yì 。
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6.
He was, he liked to say, a "corsair of the Republic" , implicitly given permission to proceed with dash and without compunction.
德纳尔总是会说，他是“共和国的一个清道夫”，政府暗暗地允许他进行破坏活动而无需有良心的谴责。
dé nà ěr zǒng shì huì shuō , tā shì " gòng hé guó de yī gè qīng dào fū " , zhèng fǔ àn àn dì yǔn xǔ tā jìn xíng pò huài huó dòng ér wú xū yǒu liáng xīn de qiǎn zé 。
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7.
Iraq has had no compunction about using weapons of mass destruction against its own people and against its neighbors.
伊拉克对其使用大规模毁灭性武器对付本国人民和邻国的行径，毫无悔改之意。
yī lā kè duì qí shǐ yòng dà guī mó huǐ miè xìng wǔ qì duì fù běn guó rén mín hé lín guó de xíng jìng , háo wú huǐ gǎi zhī yì 。
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8.
I've always had an overwhelming compunction to confess, to reveal the most revolting details of my existence to others.
我总是有着需要为之忏悔的压倒性的良心的谴责，来向别人暴露我生活的最令人厌恶的细节。
wǒ zǒng shì yǒu zhe xū yào wèi zhī chàn huǐ de yā dǎo xìng de liáng xīn de qiǎn zé , lái xiàng bié rén bào lù wǒ shēng huó de zuì lìng rén yàn wù de xì jié 。
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9.
He has no compunction about relating how he killed his father.
他在讲述自己杀害父亲的过程时，没有感到丝毫的内疚。
tā zài jiǎng shù zì jǐ shā hài fù qīn de guò chéng shí , méi yǒu gǎn dào sī háo de nèi jiù 。
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10.
Before, I would have held this to be a crime, but now I felt no compunction.
以前，我认为这样做是一种罪过，如今我不感到有任何疑虑。
yǐ qián , wǒ rèn wéi zhè yàng zuò shì yī zhǒng zuì guo , rú jīn wǒ bù gǎn dào yǒu rèn hé yí lǜ 。
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