compunction
英 [kəm'pʌŋkʃ(ə)n]
美[kəm'pʌŋkʃən]
- n. 悔恨，后悔；内疚
中文词源
compunction 内疚，懊悔
com-, 强调。-punct, 刺，击，词源同impugn, puncture.
英英释意
- 1. a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
英文词源
- compunction
- compunction: [14] Etymologically, to do something ‘without compunction’ means literally to do it without one’s conscience pricking. The word comes via Old French componction from late Latin compunctiō, a derivative of compungere ‘prick hard’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and pungere ‘prick’ (source of English puncture and pungent).
=> puncture, pungent - compunction (n.)
- mid-14c., from Old French compunction (12c., Modern French componction), from Late Latin compunctionem (nominative compunctio) "remorse; a pricking" (of conscience), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin compungere "to severely prick, sting," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + pungere "to prick" (see pungent). Used in figurative sense by early Church writers. Originally a much more intense feeling, similar to "remorse," or "contrition."
实用场景例句
- (US)She has no compunctions about rejecting the plan.
- 她对拒绝那个计划丝毫也不后悔。
牛津词典
- She felt no compunction about leaving her job.
- 她对自己的辞职一点儿也不感到懊悔。
牛津词典
- He had lied to her without compunction.
- 他向她撒了谎却毫无愧疚。
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I feel no compunction in doing it.
- 做这件事我不感到负疚.
期刊摘选
- Employees feel no compunction about undergoing expensive treatments, since the company pays.
- 雇员接受起治疗不管开销多大,毫不吝惜, 因为付账不用找我,公司全包嘛!
期刊摘选
- I would have broken my word without compunction.
- 我会毫无内疚地食言.
辞典例句
- He kept me waiting for half an hour without the slightest compunction.
- 他让我等了半小时,却没有一点点良心不安.
期刊摘选
- After seeing the obliteration of its sister ship, 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.
期刊摘选
- I felt some compunction at having kept her waiting.
- 我有点后悔要她等我.
辞典例句
- She kept us waiting without the slightest compunction.
- 她一直让我们等著却毫无歉意.
期刊摘选
- She had no compunction about telling him a lie.
- 她对于跟他说了谎并没有良心不安.
期刊摘选
- Margaret has never had any compunction about wearing other people's belongings, or indeed lending her own.
- 玛格丽特从不在乎穿、戴他人的衣服或首饰,也不在乎把自己的衣服借给别人.
辞典例句
- On the night of their return , he went to bed full of compunction.
- 抵家的那天晚上, 他睡觉时充满了内疚.
辞典例句
- He felt a kind of compunction.
- 他感到几分内疚.
《简明英汉词典》
- If I could find the people responsible , I would have no compunction about telling the police.
- 我要知道是谁干的就去报警而毫不后悔.
期刊摘选
- I have little compunction in doing it.
- 做这件事我没有什么不安.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- She kept me waiting without the slightest compunction.
- 她让我久等却没有丝毫的歉意.
《简明英汉词典》
- Shame , compunction, sense of futility flooded his whole being.
- 差耻, 内疾和徒劳的感觉浸满他整个的人.
辞典例句
- He stole the money without the slightest compunction.
- 他偷钱却丝毫不感到良心受谴责.
期刊摘选
- He had no compunction about interfering in her private affairs.
- 他对于打扰他的私生活毫不愧疚.
期刊摘选
- 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.
辞典例句
- She felt no compunction about leaving her job.
- 她对自己的辞职一点儿也不感到懊悔。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- 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。
柯林斯例句