scruple

英['skruːpl]美['skruːpl]
  • n. 顾忌；迟疑
  • v. 顾虑

    • 记忆方法

    词源词根法
    古代罗马人所穿的鞋子主要由一大块厚实的鞋底构成，通过绑带交叉捆绑在脚上，类似现代人所穿的凉鞋。现在的很多女式凉鞋依然模仿古罗马鞋的款式，并曾经引领时尚潮流。穿这种鞋子时经常遇到的一个问题就是小石子容易进入鞋内。相信大家都有过这样的经历，鞋内的一粒小小石子都会让人觉得十分难受，非得脱掉鞋把石子倒出来不可。=在拉丁语中表示“小石子”的词是scrupulus，是scrupus（尖石子）的指小形式。由于鞋内的小石子令人十分难受，scrupulus一词就被古罗马著名演讲家、政治家和思想家西塞罗用来比喻“良心不安、顾虑”。该词义被后人广泛使用，而其本意反而逐渐被人遗忘。英语单词scruple（顾虑）、scrupulous（顾虑多的、审慎的）都来自拉丁语scrupulus。=scruple['skru?p(?)l]n顾虑，踌躇，良心不安vi.有顾虑，踌躇vt.对……有顾虑=scrupulous['skru?pj?l?s]adj.顾虑多的，细心的，审慎的，小心谨慎的，一丝不苟的
      noun(名词)
      1. 顾忌;顾虑
      verb(动词)
      1. 毫无顾忌地做…

    双解例句

    noun(名词)
    1. 顾忌;顾虑

      Robin Hood had no scruples about robbing the rich to give to the poor.

      罗宾汉对劫富济贫问心无愧。

      He is a man without scruple – he has no conscience.

      他是一个无所顾忌的人——一点良知都没有。

    verb(动词)
    1. 毫无顾忌地做…

      He wouldn't scruple to cheat his own mother if there was money in it for him.

      只要有利可图，他会毫无顾忌地欺骗自己的母亲。

    小知识

    Your scruples are what keep you from doing things you consider to be morally or ethically wrong. Your scruples won't allow you to cheat on a test, or steal from your brother's Halloween candy stash.

    The noun scruple comes from a Latin word, scrupulus, which means a small, sharp stone. Some say that the philosopher Cicero first used the word analogously to compare a worry to a small, sharp stone in your shoe that bothers you. From there the word scruple took on the ethical principles meaning. If you are doing something bad, your scruples will bother you — but emptying your shoe probably won't help.

    实用短语

    1. fl scruple

      液量吩

    2. never scruple to do sth

      肆无忌惮的做某事

    3. scruple n

      顾忌

    4. conscientious scruple

      出于良心上的顾忌,翻译

    5. scruple e

      犹豫,踌躇

    6. without scruple

      毫无顾忌地,恣意妄行

    7. make scruple

      踌躇

    8. scruple about

      怎么翻译及发音

    常用短语

    1. without scruple

      肆无忌惮地，毫无顾忌地,source:21世纪

    单词用法

    词组短语
    without scruple肆无忌惮地，毫无顾忌地；

    同义词

    reservation

    反义词

    n.迟疑;顾忌

    confidence

    其他释义

    confidence

    同根词

    词根：scruple

    adv.

    scrupulously严谨地；小心翼翼地；多顾虑地