scruple: [16] Latin scrūpus meant ‘sharp stone’, and the notion of something troubling the mind like a painful stone in the shoe led to its metaphorical use for ‘anxiety, doubt, particularly over a moral issue’. Both meanings were carried over into the diminutive form scrūpulus, which also came to be used for a very small unit of weight. This passed into English via French scrupule as scruple, on the way losing the literal sense ‘small stone’.
scruple (v.)
"to have or make scruples," 1620s, from scruple (n.). Related: Scrupled; scrupling.
scruple (n.)
"moral misgiving, pang of conscience," late 14c., from Old French scrupule (14c.), from Latin scrupulus "uneasiness, anxiety, pricking of conscience," literally "small sharp stone," diminutive of scrupus "sharp stone or pebble," used figuratively by Cicero for a cause of uneasiness or anxiety, probably from the notion of having a pebble in one's shoe. The word in the more literal Latin sense of "small unit of weight or measurement" is attested in English from late 14c.
scruple 英文释义
1. a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
2. uneasiness about the fitness of an action
3. an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
scruple 双语例句
1. He acted wrongly and without scruple.
他做了错事毫不内疚.
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2. The villain made no scruple of committing murder.
那恶棍杀人不眨眼.
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3. He did not scruple to talk crudely either.
年青人毫无拘束的还加上许多粗话蠢话.
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4. She didn't scruple to take Tom from his wife.
她毫不犹豫地从汤姆妻子手中夺走汤姆.
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5. My only scruple in advising the match was on his account.
当我参谋这桩婚事的时候,我唯一的顾虑倒是为了他的缘故.
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scruple 实用场景例句
He acted wrongly and without scruple.
他做了错事毫不内疚.
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The villain made no scruple of committing murder.
那恶棍杀人不眨眼.
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He did not scruple to talk crudely either.
年青人毫无拘束的还加上许多粗话蠢话.
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My only scruple in advising the match was on his account.
当我参谋这桩婚事的时候,我唯一的顾虑倒是为了他的缘故.
辞典例句
He will do anything without scruple.
他任何(恶)事都做得出来.
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He makes no scruple to tell a lie.
他说起谎来无所顾忌;他肆无忌惮地说谎.
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Don't scruple to ask for anything you want.
你要什么请尽量讲.
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He doesn't scruple at [ about ] lying.
他对于说谎不会感到内疚 [ 他说起谎来毫无顾忌 ].
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It'seemed to her now that she could marry him without the remnant of a scruple.
她觉得现在她可以跟他成婚而不需要有任何顾忌.
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She wouldn't scruple to tell a lie if she thought it would be useful.
她只要认为说谎有利,就连犹豫都不犹豫.
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Thrift is care and scruple in the spending of one's means.
节俭是对于钱财的花费所持的一种审慎和顾虑的态度.
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Jane did it at once, and made no scruple about it.
简毫不犹豫,立刻就办了.
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A dishonest man does not scruple to deceive others.
