conscience
n. 良心 [法] 良心, 道德感, 正义感
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道德心，良心
the part of your mind that tells you whether what you are doing is morally right or wrong
Well, at least I can face them all with a clear conscience (= the knowledge that you have done nothing wrong ) .
好吧，至少我可以问心无愧地面对他们所有人。
I can't tell you what to do – it's a matter of conscience (= something that you must make a moral judgment about ) .
我不能告诉你怎么办——这是良心问题。
a crisis of conscience among medical staff (= a situation in which it is very difficult to decide what is the right thing to do )
医务人员中的良心危机
释义与例句
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1.
The ethical or moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects a person’s own behaviour and forms their attitude to their past actions.
可数 不可数Your conscience is your highest authority.
1949, Albert Einstein, as quoted by Virgil Henshaw in Albert Einstein: Philosopher Scientist, Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it.
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A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices.
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Consciousness; thinking; awareness, especially self-awareness.
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From Middle English conscience, from Old French conscience, from Latin conscientia (“knowledge within oneself”), from consciens, present participle of conscire (“to know, to be conscious (of wrong)”), from com- (“together”) + scire (“to know”).
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