compunction
英 [kəmˈpʌŋkʃn]
美 [kəmˈpʌŋkʃn]
n. 内疚; 愧疚
复数：compunctions
BNC.23676 / COCA.27278
牛津词典
noun
- 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。
- She felt no compunction about leaving her job.
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 内疚;愧疚
If you say that someonehas no compunction aboutdoing something, you mean that they do it without feeling ashamed or guilty.- 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。
- He has no compunction about relating how he killed his father.
英英释义
noun
- a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
双语例句
- She keep me waiting without the slightest compunction.
她让我久等毫不内疚。 - She kept us waiting without the slightest compunction.
她一直让我们等着却毫无歉意。 - Everyone feels guilty from time to time, but being consumed with compunction can suck the joy out of life.
每个人时不时都会感有内疚，但是被“良心”吃了的话会让你的生活没有快乐。 - Not so my companion: she ran back in terror, knelt down, and cried, and soothed, and entreated, till he grew quiet from lack of breath: by no means from compunction at distressing her.
我的同伴可不这样想：她恐怖地跑回去，跪下来，又叫，又安慰又哀求，直到他没了劲，安静了下来，决不是因为看她难过而懊悔的。 - I felt some compunction at having kept her waiting.
我有点后悔要她等我。 - Some people can deceive others without compunction.
有些人可以毫无顾忌的欺骗他人。 - 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。 - He had lied to her without compunction.
他向她撒了谎却毫无愧疚。 - I feel no compunction in doing it.
做这件事我不感到负疚。 - 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。