compunction: [14] Etymologically, to do something ‘without compunction’ means literally to do it without one’s conscience pricking. The word comes via Old French componction from late Latin compunctiō, a derivative of compungere ‘prick hard’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and pungere ‘prick’ (source of English puncture and pungent). => puncture, pungent
compunction (n.)
mid-14c., from Old French compunction (12c., Modern French componction), from Late Latin compunctionem (nominative compunctio) "remorse; a pricking" (of conscience), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin compungere "to severely prick, sting," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + pungere "to prick" (see pungent). Used in figurative sense by early Church writers. Originally a much more intense feeling, similar to "remorse," or "contrition."
compunction 英文释义
1. a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
compunction 双语例句
1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
2. She felt no compunction about leaving her job.
她对自己的辞职一点儿也不感到懊悔。
来自《权威词典》
3. He felt a kind of compunction.
他感到几分内疚.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. She kept me waiting without the slightest compunction.
她让我久等却没有丝毫的歉意.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. I have little compunction in doing it.
做这件事我没有什么不安.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
compunction 实用场景例句
(US)She has no compunctions about rejecting the plan.
她对拒绝那个计划丝毫也不后悔。
牛津词典
She felt no compunction about leaving her job.
她对自己的辞职一点儿也不感到懊悔。
牛津词典
He had lied to her without compunction.
他向她撒了谎却毫无愧疚。
牛津词典
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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
I feel no compunction in doing it.
做这件事我不感到负疚.
期刊摘选
Employees feel no compunction about undergoing expensive treatments, since the company pays.
雇员接受起治疗不管开销多大,毫不吝惜, 因为付账不用找我,公司全包嘛!
期刊摘选
I would have broken my word without compunction.
我会毫无内疚地食言.
辞典例句
He kept me waiting for half an hour without the slightest compunction.
他让我等了半小时,却没有一点点良心不安.
期刊摘选
After seeing the obliteration of its sister ship, Compunction had no desire to face them alone.
看见它的姐妹舰的命运, 黎明的谴责再没有欲望独自面对他们.
期刊摘选
I felt some compunction at having kept her waiting.
我有点后悔要她等我.
辞典例句
She kept us waiting without the slightest compunction.
她一直让我们等著却毫无歉意.
期刊摘选
She had no compunction about telling him a lie.
她对于跟他说了谎并没有良心不安.
期刊摘选
Margaret has never had any compunction about wearing other people's belongings, or indeed lending her own.
玛格丽特从不在乎穿、戴他人的衣服或首饰,也不在乎把自己的衣服借给别人.
辞典例句
On the night of their return , he went to bed full of compunction.
抵家的那天晚上, 他睡觉时充满了内疚.
辞典例句
He felt a kind of compunction.
他感到几分内疚.
《简明英汉词典》
If I could find the people responsible , I would have no compunction about telling the police.
我要知道是谁干的就去报警而毫不后悔.
期刊摘选
I have little compunction in doing it.
做这件事我没有什么不安.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
She kept me waiting without the slightest compunction.
她让我久等却没有丝毫的歉意.
《简明英汉词典》
Shame , compunction, sense of futility flooded his whole being.
差耻, 内疾和徒劳的感觉浸满他整个的人.
辞典例句
He stole the money without the slightest compunction.
他偷钱却丝毫不感到良心受谴责.
期刊摘选
He had no compunction about interfering in her private affairs.
他对于打扰他的私生活毫不愧疚.
期刊摘选
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.
辞典例句
She felt no compunction about leaving her job.
她对自己的辞职一点儿也不感到懊悔。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
He has no compunction about relating how he killed his father.
