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单词 conscience
释义
conscience
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˈkɒn.ʃəns/us
/ˈkɑːn.ʃəns/
C2
thepartof you thatjudgeshowmoralyourownactionsare and makes youfeelguiltyaboutbadthings that you have done or things youfeelresponsiblefor:
良心；良知
aguiltyconscience问心有愧
aquestion/matterofconscience事关良心
You didn't do anythingwrong- you should have aclearconscience(= notfeelguilty).你没做错什么——你应该觉得问心无愧。
My conscience would reallybotherme if Iworeafurcoat.要是我穿件裘皮大衣，确实会良心不安。
UKHe's got no conscience at all(= does notfeelguilty)aboutleavingme to do thehousework.他对于把家务丢给我一点都不觉得内疚。
More examples
  • Asenseofguiltwasdeeplyembeddedin my conscience.
  • Letyourconscience beyourguide.
  • Thecharityusedphotosofstarvingchildrenin anattempttojoltthepublicconscience .
  • Dan'smentioningJuliaprickedmy conscience and I gave her acall.
  • Hesalveshis conscience by givingmoneytocharity.
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Idioms

be/weigh onyourconscience
in all conscience
(Definition ofconsciencefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

conscience| American Dictionary

conscience
noun[C/U]
us
/ˈkɑn·ʃəns/
thefeelingthat youknowand should do what isrightand shouldavoiddoing what iswrong, and that makes youfeelguiltywhen you have done something youknowiswrong:
[C]I have aguiltyconscience forspendingso littletimewith mykids.
(Definition ofconsciencefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconscience

conscience
As noted above, negative feelings play important roles in impulse control, empathy, andconscience.
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Thus understood,conscienceis unobjectionable but can claim no special dignity or respect.
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Debates about the liberty of religiousconscienceturned into debates about freedom of the press and freedom of speech.
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Only his own scientificconsciencemay guide the scholar.
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While ' craft ' was a foil for 'conscience', virtue and liberty were complemented by - indeed, unattainable without - true religion, which moderated the passions.
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Matters ofconsciencecould not be negotiated or treated, because theconsciencewas ' more dear ' than life.
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As a sop to their leftwing supporters, and perhaps to their own consciences, they coupled these with largely ineffective anti-discriminatory race relations acts.
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But as division hardened, the king had to acknowledge that hisconscienceand prayers articulated those of a party rather than the whole commonwealth.
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Newly elected men wrestled with consciences or argued with colleagues and immediately declined or subsequently resigned the proferred position.
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On this view, the physician in goodconscienceshould make the decision, especially if patients are from educationally and socially disadvantaged groups.
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The indulged reader can quickly scan past these tugs at the middle-classconscienceshould she wish to.
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We can subsume it under the harm principle and so, with a clear liberalconscience, outlaw it after all.
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The anarchy of the sects led others to distrust both scriptural politics and the appeal to individualconscienceas forces of social instability.
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The intensity of involvement was a matter for the consciences of individual professionals.
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As an official voice of public healthconscienceempowered to take such measures as he deems necessary, he is well positioned to take action.
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Collocationswithconscience

conscience

These are words often used in combination withconscience.

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collective conscience
This issue is embedded in the collective conscience, and, as we shall see, contentious recollections of what 'really ' happened have now started to circulate.
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freedom of conscience
From a normative perspective, democracy requires freedom of conscience and freedom from coercion.
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guilty conscience
But as the novel progresses, her fate seems overdetermined - as much the product of an archaic institution as that of a guilty conscience.
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