1N-COUNT [usually singular] [oft poss NOUN, adjective NOUN]良心;良知 Your conscience is the part of your mind that tells you whether what you are doing is right or wrong. If you have a guilty conscience, you feel guilty about something because you know it was wrong. If you have a clear conscience, you do not feel guilty because you know you have done nothing wrong. 良心;良知
I have battled with my conscience over whether I should actually send this letter.
我备受良心的煎熬,不知是否真的应该把这封信寄出去。
What if he got a guilty conscience and brought it back?.
要是他觉得内疚,把东西拿回来了怎么办?
I could go away again with a clear conscience.
我可以问心无愧地再次离开。
2N-UNCOUNT 信仰;凭良心行事Conscience is doing what you believe is right even though it might be unpopular, difficult, or dangerous. 信仰;凭良心行事
He refused for reasons of conscience to sign a new law legalising abortion.
他出于信仰,拒绝签署使堕胎合法化的新法。
...the law on freedom of conscience and religious organizations.
4N-UNCOUNT 内疚;良心不安Conscience is a feeling of guilt because you know you have done something that is wrong. 内疚;良心不安
I'm so glad he had a pang of conscience.
我很高兴他会有负疚感。
They have shown a ruthless lack of conscience.
他们没有表现出丝毫内疚,实在是太无情了。
5PHRASE 凭良心;出于公道 If you say that you cannot do something in all conscience ,in good conscience, or in conscience, you mean that you cannot do it because you think it is wrong. 凭良心;出于公道
She could not, in good conscience, back out on her deal with him.
凭良心她不能背弃与他达成的协议。
6PHRASE 内疚;良心不安 If you have something on your conscience, you feel guilty because you know you have done something wrong. 内疚;良心不安
Now the murderer has two deaths on his conscience.
现在,这个杀人犯背着两条人命,受到了良心的谴责。
Quotations
Conscience: the inner voice which warns us that someone may be lookingH.L. MenckenA Little Book in C Major
Thus conscience does make cowards of us allWilliam ShakespeareHamlet
Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear itSamuel Butler
ADJECTIVE | VERB + CONSCIENCE | CONSCIENCE + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤clean, clear, easy, good問心無愧◇How can you do your job with a clean conscience?你怎麼能問心無愧地幹你的活兒呢?◇I have a clear conscience.我問心無愧。➤bad, guilty, troubled, uneasy內疚;愧疚◇a dying man with a guilty conscience心懷愧疚的垂死之人➤civic, environmental, moral, political, social公民/環境/道德/政治/社會良知◇consumers with an environmental conscience有環境意識的消費者◇a government with no social conscience一個沒有社會公德的政府➤religious宗教良知◇a seminal conference on religious conscience and poverty一個有重大影響力的關於宗教良知與貧困的會議➤tender敏感的良知◇I never knew a more tender conscience on every point of duty.我從沒見過對自己職責的方方面面考慮得如此周到細緻的人。➤collective集體良知◇the collective conscience of American business美國企業的集體良知➤individual個人的良知◇It should be a matter of individual conscience.這應該是個人良知的問題。VERB + CONSCIENCE➤have有良心◇He had no conscience about taking his brother's money.他對拿哥哥的錢一點兒也不覺得內疚。➤appease, assuage, clear, ease, salve, soothe使良心平靜/緩和/沒有束縛/輕鬆下來/得到慰藉/得到撫慰◇We assuaged our conscience by telling ourselves that they would be worse off without us.為了使良心好過,我們對自己說沒有我們他們會更糟糕。◇To clear my conscience and make it up to you, I'd like to take you out to dinner.為了消除我的內疚並補償你,我想帶你出去吃飯。◇After the meal she spent a week dieting to salve her conscience.大吃一頓後,她花了一週時間節食以安慰自己。➤prick, trouble刺痛良心;使良心不安▸➤appeal to, arouse, awaken, rouse, stir呼籲良知;喚醒良知➤shock震驚良知◇a bill which has shocked the conscience of every middle-class community震驚了每個中產階級社區良知的法案➤wrestle with同良知鬥爭◇He wrestled with his conscience all night long.他整晚上都在同自己的良心鬥爭。➤follow聽從良心◇I have only ever followed my conscience.我不過是一直憑着自己的良心行事罷了。➤examine捫心自問◇At the end of each day, examine your conscience.每天結束的時候,捫心自省一下。CONSCIENCE + VERB➤guide sb/sth, tell sb sth良心指引⋯;良心告訴某人⋯◇He felt his conscience telling him to apologize.他感覺良心一直告訴自己去道歉。◇It's important to let your conscience guide your decisions.重要的是作決定不違背良心。➤bother sb, prick sb, trouble sb (especially BrE) 良心困擾某人/刺激某人/使某人感到不安◇Her conscience was bothering her a little.她的良心使她有點兒不安。◇Her conscience pricked her every time she thought of how cruel she had been to Kirby.一想到自己對柯比曾經那麼殘酷,她就內疚心痛。➤dictate sth良心支配⋯◇My conscience dictates that I resign.良心驅使我辭職。PREPOSITION➤on your conscience引起某人內疚◇I'm sure she has something on her conscience.我肯定她心裏有什麼事兒讓她良心不安。◇It was on his conscience that he hadn't called her.他因沒給她打電話而愧疚不安。PHRASES➤an act of conscience (especially NAmE) 良知行為◇His decision appears to have been an act of conscience.他的決定看起來是有良知的行為。➤an attack of conscience良心發現◇Best came forward because of an attack of conscience.因為良心發現貝斯特站了出來。➤a crisis of conscience良知危機➤freedom of conscience, liberty of conscience憑良心行事的自由➤in all conscience, in conscience, in good conscience (= honestly)憑良心◇We cannot in all conscience refuse to help.憑良心說,我們不能拒絕幫忙。➤let conscience be your guide讓良心指引你▸➤a matter of conscience關乎良心的事情◇This question is a matter of individual conscience.這是有關個人良知的問題。➤man/woman/people of conscience有良知的人/女人/人們◇How could people of conscience allow this to happen?有良知的人怎麼能容許這樣的事情發生?➤a pang of conscience, a prick of conscience, a twinge of conscience (especially BrE) 一陣良心不安◇I had a sudden pang of conscience that I really ought to tell the truth.我突然感到一陣內疚,覺得確實應該說出真相。➤the right of conscience, the rights of conscience (both NAmE) 信仰權◇individual rights and rights of conscience on our campuses of higher education我們高校校園內的個人權利和信仰權利➤the voice of conscience良心的呼喚◇She refused to listen to the voice of conscience.她拒絕聽從良心的召喚。