compunction

英 [kəmˈpʌŋkʃn]

美 [kəmˈpʌŋkʃn]

n. 内疚; 愧疚

复数：compunctions　

GRE TEM8

BNC.23676 / COCA.27278

牛津词典

noun

内疚；愧疚
a guilty feeling about doing sth
1. She felt no compunction about leaving her job.
  她对自己的辞职一点儿也不感到懊悔。
2. He had lied to her without compunction.
  他向她撒了谎却毫无愧疚。
3. She has no compunctions about rejecting the plan.
  她对拒绝那个计划丝毫也不后悔。

柯林斯词典

N-UNCOUNT 内疚;愧疚
If you say that someonehas no compunction aboutdoing something, you mean that they do it without feeling ashamed or guilty.
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。

英英释义

noun

a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
Synonym:remorseself-reproach

双语例句

But whenever it was possible to send a house-serf for a soldier in place of a peasant, he did so without the smallest compunction.
只有在可以用家奴代替农民去当兵的时候，他就会毫不犹豫地派家奴去当兵。
Everyone feels guilty from time to time, but being consumed with compunction can suck the joy out of life.
每个人时不时都会感有内疚，但是被“良心”吃了的话会让你的生活没有快乐。
Ended the relationship without compunction;
毫不后悔地结束了关系；
But they also feel little compunction about stealing software.
但他们同时又毫无顾忌地盗窃软件。
"I ought to have come with Kath", she thought; and felt a slight compunction at having become so wrapped up in Bette that she'd neglected Kath.
我应该同凯丝一道来，她想；觉得这一阵子同蓓蒂混得太多，以致冷落了凯丝，心里有点内疚。
She stood me up without compunction.
她没有良心不安让我空等。
Generally, people in the fashion world feel a compunction to dress up in some way that represents the values they want associated with their brand, much in the way politicians do.
总体而言，时尚界的人们开始反思，正如大多数政客的穿戴一样，他们转而推崇一种代表着某种价值的穿戴方式，并希望他们的品牌与这种价值联系在一起。
To meet the threat of an enemy without compunction, who sets the value of human life at naught, governments will need to beef up both.
眼下的敌人毫无悔疚之心，视人命如草芥；为应对其威胁，各国政府需加强以上两方面搜集情报工作。
Applying the vector representation of formula for definite proportional division point in vector algebra, this paper obtains a new useful method of compunction for segment ratio in volume ratio.
阐述了内容积比的概念、调节的目的和实现方式、分析了与内容积比调节相关的案例，明确了内容积比在螺杆制冷压缩机运行中的重要性。
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。