scruples
顾虑,顾忌,忌讳,顾虑重重
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- : the plural of scruple.
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Examples
Mengele has neither doubts about his hideous purpose or scruples about his heinous past.
Had it been anybody but Tessie I should not have bothered my head about scruples.
Professor Dave Jennings, a disenchanted English teacher played by Donald Sutherland, has far less scruples.
I like you the better, Mr Allcraft, for your scruples: you are an honourable man, sir.
Baroudi was as totally devoid of ordinary scruples as the average well-bred Englishman is full of them.
He was upright, honorable, and virtuous; entertaining religious scruples similar to the Friends.
His master may be a man of some conscientious scruples; ours may be unmerciful.
"Yes," I answered, trying to quiet the scruples which this way of living awoke in me from time to time.