compunction

n. 良心的责备, 后悔, 悔恨

发音

AU /kəmˈpʌŋk.ʃən/

词形变化

compunctions 复数 compunctions

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A pricking of conscience or a feeling of regret, especially one which is slight or fleeting.

    内疚

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

remorse self-reproach

上位词 4

regret sorrow rue ruefulness

下位词 6

guilt penance repentance penitence guilt trip guilty conscience

词源

From Middle English compunccion, borrowed from Old French compunction, from Late Latin compunctionem (“a pricking”), from Latin compunctus, the past participle of compungere (“to severely prick”), from com- + pungere (“to prick”).

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