compunction
英 [kəm'pʌŋkʃ(ə)n]
美 [kəm'pʌŋkʃən]
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compunction 内疚，懊悔com-, 强调。-punct, 刺，击，词源同impugn, puncture.
- compunction
- 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."
- 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》
