conscience
n. 良心,良知; 內疚; 信仰
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.
I have battled with my conscience over whether I should actually send this letter...
我備受良心的煎熬,不知是否真的應該把這封信寄出去。
What if he got a guilty conscience and brought it back?...
要是他覺得內疚,把東西拿回來了怎麼辦?
Conscience is doing what you believe is right even though it might be unpopular, difficult, or dangerous.
He refused for reasons of conscience to sign a new law legalising abortion.
他出於信仰,拒絕簽署使墮胎合法化的新法。
...the law on freedom of conscience and religious organizations.
有關信仰自由和宗教組織自由的法律
Conscience is a feeling of guilt because you know you have done something that is wrong.
I'm so glad he had a pang of conscience...
我很高興他會有負疚感。
They have shown a ruthless lack of conscience.
他們沒有表現出絲毫內疚,實在是太無情了。
If you say that you cannot do something in all conscience ,in good conscience, or in conscience, you mean that you cannot do it because you think it is wrong.
She could not, in good conscience, back out on her deal with him.
憑良心她不能背棄與他達成的協議。
If you have something on your conscience, you feel guilty because you know you have done something wrong.
Now the murderer has two deaths on his conscience.
現在,這個殺人犯揹著兩條人命,受到了良心的譴責。
1. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
2. conformity to one's own sense of right conduct;
3. a feeling of shame when you do something immoral;
in (all) conscience
憑良心;公正地
on one's conscience
令人感到內疚;受到良心譴責
in (all good) conscience
公平:憑事實或公正
The fee his lawyer charged for drawing up the deed was enough in all conscience.
他的律師為起草契約所收的費用確實足夠了.
Guilt had been eating into his conscience for some months.
幾個月來內疚一直折磨著他的良心.
The matter weighed upon his conscience.
這件事使他的良心痛苦不安.
Clearing one's conscience is medicinal for the soul.
淨化良心,靈魂得益.
After he had committed the crime, his conscience was troubled.
他犯罪後, 良心上感到很不安.