consciences

英 [ˈkɒnʃənsɪz]

美 [ˈkɑntʃɪnsɪz]

n.  良心; 良知; 内疚; 愧疚; 凭良心
conscience的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 良心;良知
  Yourconscienceis the part of your mind that tells you whether what you are doing is right or wrong. If you have aguilty conscience, you feel guilty about something because you know it was wrong. If you have aclear conscience, you do not feel guilty because you know you have done nothing wrong.
  1. I have battled with my conscience over whether I should actually send this letter...
     我备受良心的煎熬，不知是否真的应该把这封信寄出去。
  2. What if he got a guilty conscience and brought it back?...
     要是他觉得内疚，把东西拿回来了怎么办？
  3. I could go away again with a clear conscience.
     我可以问心无愧地再次离开。
• See also:He refused for reasons of conscience to sign a new law legalising abortion....the law on freedom of conscience and religious organizations.prisoner of conscience
• N-UNCOUNT 内疚;良心不安
  Conscienceis a feeling of guilt because you know you have done something that is wrong.
  1. I'm so glad he had a pang of conscience...
     我很高兴他会有负疚感。
  2. They have shown a ruthless lack of conscience.
     他们没有表现出丝毫内疚，实在是太无情了。
• PHRASE 凭良心;出于公道
  If you say that you cannot do somethingin all conscience,in good conscience, orin conscience, you mean that you cannot do it because you think it is wrong.
  1. She could not, in good conscience, back out on her deal with him.
     凭良心她不能背弃与他达成的协议。
• PHRASE 内疚;良心不安
  If you have somethingonyourconscience, you feel guilty because you know you have done something wrong.
  1. Now the murderer has two deaths on his conscience.
     现在，这个杀人犯背着两条人命，受到了良心的谴责。

双语例句

• The temptation must be resisted, because an appeal to independently acting consciences selects for the disappearance of all conscience in the long run, and an increase in anxiety in the short.
  必须抗拒这种诱惑，因为呼吁独立运作的良知，长期而言是选择全部良知消失，短期而言增加焦虑。
• A sort of gleam proceeds from these miserable wretches, as though their consciences were not heavy within them any more.
  有一种轻微的光从这些穷苦的人群中透出来了，仿佛他们心中的压抑已不存在。
• Just occasionally this petty-cash fund had to be tapped for immediate needs, and raiders would ease their consciences by leaving an IOU for the requisite sum.
  当然，偶尔也会因为急需，不得不动这种小金库，不过用钱的人会留下一张写明数目的欠条，因而也不会觉得有什么内疚。
• We have followed the dictates of our consciences and have done our duty.
  我们遵从了自己的良知，尽到了自己的义务。
• Social consciences tend to be underdeveloped and less observed, especially when societies are obsessed with profits.
  社会良心很少得到发展和关注，尤其是充斥着功利的社会。
• Mr Dickason advised us to spend our money not on solar panels, but on an energy-efficient refrigerator, fluorescent light bulbs and other conservation-minded items to salve our consciences.
  Dickason先生建议我们不要把钱花在太阳能板子上，而用来买一台节能电冰箱，荧光灯泡，和其它具有环保意识的产品来”救赎我们的良心“。
• Their consciences were troubled by stories of famine and war.
  饥荒和战争的报道使他们的良心感到不安。
• They are human beings, after all, and if a study published in the journal Science is any guide, they feel a strong urge to wash their hands literally after a despicable act in an unconscious effort to ease their consciences.
  毕竟他们也是人。如果发表在《科学》杂志上的一份研究报告可以提供些许参考，这种在干完卑劣勾当后想洗手的强烈愿望其实是他们无意识中想减轻内心谴责的努力。
• It was a matter for them, their tax authorities and their consciences.
  那是纳税人、他们的税务机关以及他们的良心的事。
• Alex Wood, the head teacher of Wester Haile Education Centre in Edinburgh, says they should examine their consciences, inferring that there is something immoral about the private sector.
  爱丁堡的西方黑尔教育中心的首席教师，亚历克斯·伍德说他们这些人应该检讨自己的良心，推断那些私立学校的不道德的东西。