conscience

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT 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. 良知
I have battled with my conscience over whether I should actually send this letter. 我曾跟自己的良知鬭爭應(yīng)否真的寄出這封信。
What if he got a guilty conscience and brought it back?
如果他問心有愧把它帶廻來呢？
2. N-UNCOUNT Conscience is doing what you believe is right even though it might be unpopular, difficult, or dangerous. 憑良知行事
He refused for reasons of conscience to eat meat. 他爲(wèi)了良心好過而拒絕了喫肉。
3. N-UNCOUNT Conscience is a feeling of guilt because you know you have done something that is wrong. 負疚感
I'm so glad he had a pang of conscience. 我實在高興他感到了一陣?yán)⒕巍?/p>
4. PHRASE If you have something on your conscience, you feel guilty because you know you have done something wrong. 引起內(nèi)疚
The drunk driver has two deaths on his conscience. 這位醉酒的司機良心上背負著兩條人命。

A sense of guilt was deeply embedded in my conscience.
Let your conscience be your guide .
The charity used photos of starving children in an attempt to jolt the public conscience .
Dan's mentioning Julia pricked my conscience and I gave her a call .
He salves his conscience by giving money to charity .