compunction

noun

/kəmˈpʌŋkʃn/

(formal) [uncountable] also [C] in NAmE美式英语亦作可数名词 usually used in negative sentences通常用于否定句

a guilty feeling about doing something内疚；愧疚
- He had lied to her without compunction.他向她撒了谎却毫无愧疚。
- compunction about doing something She felt no compunction about leaving her job.她对自己的辞职一点儿也不感到懊悔。
- (North American English) She has no compunctions about rejecting the plan.她对拒绝那个计划丝毫也不后悔。
词源Middle English: from Old French componction, from ecclesiastical Latin compunctio(n-), from Latin compungere ‘prick sharply’, from com- (expressing intensive force) + pungere ‘to prick’.

词汇	compunction
释义	compunction noun /kəmˈpʌŋkʃn/ /kəmˈpʌŋkʃn/ (formal) [uncountable] also [C] in NAmE美式英语亦作可数名词 usually used in negative sentences通常用于否定句 a guilty feeling about doing something内疚；愧疚 He had lied to her without compunction.他向她撒了谎却毫无愧疚。 compunction about doing something She felt no compunction about leaving her job.她对自己的辞职一点儿也不感到懊悔。 (North American English) She has no compunctions about rejecting the plan.她对拒绝那个计划丝毫也不后悔。词源Middle English: from Old French componction, from ecclesiastical Latin compunctio(n-), from Latin compungere ‘prick sharply’, from com- (expressing intensive force) + pungere ‘to prick’.
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