scruple

/skroo-puhl/US // ˈskru pəl //UK // (ˈskruːpəl) //

顾虑重重,顾忌,忌讳,顾虑

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
- : a very small portion or amount.
- : a unit of weight equal to 20 grains or 1/3 of a dram, apothecaries' weight.
- : an ancient Roman unit of weight equivalent to 1/24 of an ounce or 1/288 of an as or pound.Compare as.

v.无主动词 verb

v.有主动词 verb

nounmisgiving, doubt

Forms: scruples

Synonyms

Kane is an incredibly wealthy man, a newspaper baron with few scruples about journalism who attains immense power, only to see it start to fade near the end of his life.
It wasn't any scruple of mercy, for Hicks was as cold-blooded a brute as ever glanced down a gun-barrel.
Here, you,” he growled, “was aught said to thee whereby thou hast a scruple to tell me how many guns defend the Cashmere Gate?
If he sometimes come across a precept which is perfectly clear and irrefutable, Donald does not scruple to ignore it.
Little Larkins had told all, and his father had no scruple in repeating it, and causing the investigation to be set on foot.
He appropriated it without scruple, and was soon joined by a troop of travelers bound for Marhala.

/skroo-puhl/US // ˈskru pəl //UK // (ˈskruːpəl) //

顾虑重重,顾忌,忌讳,顾虑

n.名词 noun

1
- : a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
- : a very small portion or amount.
- : a unit of weight equal to 20 grains or 1/3 of a dram, apothecaries' weight.
- : an ancient Roman unit of weight equivalent to 1/24 of an ounce or 1/288 of an as or pound.Compare as.

v.无主动词 verb

v.有主动词 verb

nounmisgiving, doubt

Forms: scruples

Synonyms

Kane is an incredibly wealthy man, a newspaper baron with few scruples about journalism who attains immense power, only to see it start to fade near the end of his life.
It wasn't any scruple of mercy, for Hicks was as cold-blooded a brute as ever glanced down a gun-barrel.
Here, you,” he growled, “was aught said to thee whereby thou hast a scruple to tell me how many guns defend the Cashmere Gate?
If he sometimes come across a precept which is perfectly clear and irrefutable, Donald does not scruple to ignore it.
Little Larkins had told all, and his father had no scruple in repeating it, and causing the investigation to be set on foot.
He appropriated it without scruple, and was soon joined by a troop of travelers bound for Marhala.