Scruple

(noun.) an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action.

(noun.) uneasiness about the fitness of an action.

(noun.) a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains.

(verb.) have doubts about.

(verb.) raise scruples; 'He lied and did not even scruple about it'.

(verb.) hesitate on moral grounds; 'The man scrupled to perjure himself'.

整理:温弗雷德

• After abusing you so abominably to your face, I could have no scruple in abusing you to all your relations. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• I am sure the scruple does you honour, Mr. Sandeford. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• That will obviate all difficulties you know; and from _us_ I really think, my dear Jane, you can have no scruple to accept such an accommodation. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• I respect your scruple, sir; but in this case I believe true delicacy requires you to do as I ask. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• My only scruple in advising the match was on his account, as being beneath his deserts, and a bad connexion for him. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• I play my Ace, Mr. Barsad, said Carton, taking the answer on himself, and looking at his watch, without any scruple, in a very few minutes. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• If Mr. Copperfield, or if you, Mr. Traddles, feel the least scruple, in giving this promise, I beg you to take time to consider it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• He did not scruple to add that her being at home for a while would be a great advantage to everybody. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Don't scruple to answer freely, man. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• I do, said the Preceptor, nor do I scruple to do aught for advancement of the Order--but there is little time to find engines fitting. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Betteredge's last-left scruples vanished at that. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I have no such scruples, and I am sure I could put up with every unpleasantness of that kind with very little effort. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Let us help each other through seasons of want and woe as well as we can, without heeding in the least the scruples of vain philosophy. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Selden continued with a smile: You see no such scruples restrained me; but then I haven't as much to risk if I incur your displeasure. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• To every gallon of juice to be filtered there is placed in the filter 2 ounces of charcoal, 2 scruples of crushed mustard seed, and 6 drachms of ground sassafras root. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Nay, that were a shame, muttered the other fellow; and yet, when I served in the band of stout old Gandelyn, we had no such scruples of conscience. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Perhaps he has conscientious scruples founded on his own unfitness, said Dorothea, who was interesting herself in finding a favorable explanation. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The mention of the dinner dispelled Miss Stepney's last scruples. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• He should have respected even unreasonable scruples, had there been such; but hers were all reasonable. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Hitherto Lily had been undisturbed by scruples. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.

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