conscience
音标发音
- 英式音标 ['kɒnʃ(ə)ns'kɔnʃəns]
- 美式音标 [ˈkɑːn.ʃəns]
- 国际音标 ['kɔnʃəns]
- 英式发音
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基本解释
- n. 道德心,良心
- n. (Conscience)人名;(法)孔西延斯
词源解说
- 13世紀初期進入英語,直接源自拉丁語的conscientia,意爲良心,良知。
词根记忆
- con + science(科學)→研究科學也要有道德心→良心,道德心
- con + sci(知道) + ence→良知
- con(加強) + sci(知道) + ence→知道好壞是非→良心,是非感
- con(表加強) + sci(知道) + ence→知道好壞是非→道德心,良心
同根派生
- adj性質的同根詞
- conscientious:認真的;盡責的;本著良心的;小心謹慎的。
- conscienceless:不知廉恥的;沒良心的。
- adv性質的同根詞
- conscientiously:良心上。
- n性質的同根詞
- conscientiousness:盡責;憑良心辦事。
英汉例句
- I had a guilty conscience about not telling her the truth.
我因爲沒有告訴她事實真相而感到內疚。
用作名詞 (n.)
词组短语
- appeal to sb 's conscience 呼訏某人的良知
- arouse 〔rouse〕 sb's conscience 喚起某人的良知
- consult one 's conscience 捫心自問
- follow one 's own conscience 憑良心辦事
- satisfy one 's conscience 使自己心安理得
- social conscience 社會道德
用作名詞 (n.)
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英英字典
- the part of you that judges how moral your own actions are and makes you feel guilty about bad things that you have done or things you feel responsible for
- 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.
- Conscience is doing what you believe is right even though it might be unpopular, difficult, or dangerous.
- Conscience is a feeling of guilt because you know you have done something that is wrong.
- If you have something on your conscience, you feel guilty because you know you have done something wrong.