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scruple
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural scruples
plural scruples
Learner's definition of SCRUPLE
: a feeling that prevents you from doing something that you think is wrong顾忌；顾虑
[count]
— usually plural通常用复数 - They seem to have no scruples [=qualms] about distorting the truth.他们对歪曲事实似乎没有丝毫的良心不安。
- moral/religious scruples道德/宗教上的顾虑
- a woman without scruples肆无忌惮的女人
[noncount]
- She acted without scruple.她做事毫无顾忌。
2 scruple /ˈskruːpəl/ verb
scruples; scrupled; scrupling
2 scruple
/ˈskruːpəl/
verb
scruples; scrupled; scrupling
Learner's definition of SCRUPLE
[+ object] formal
: to be unwilling to do something because you think it is improper, morally wrong, etc.顾虑；顾忌 — usually used in negative statements通常用于否定句
- He did not scruple to lie about it. [=he was willing to lie about it; lying about it did not bother him]他毫无顾忌地在这件事上撒了谎。
scrupled; scrupling ˈskrü-p(ə-)liŋ 
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- ace
- bit
- crumb
- dab
- dram
- driblet
- glimmer
- hint
- lick
- little
- mite
- nip
- ounce
- particle
- peanuts
- ray
- scintilla
- shade
- shadow
- shred
- skosh
- smack
- smell
- smidgen
- smidgeon
- smidgin
- smidge
- snap
- soupçon
- spark
- spatter
- speck
- splash
- spot
- sprinkling
- strain
- streak
- suspicion
- tad
- touch
- trace
Noun (2)
Verb
- balance
- dither
- falter
- halt
- hang back
- hesitate
- shilly-shally
- stagger
- teeter
- vacillate
- waver
- wobble
- wabble
Example Sentences
Verb a tabloid journalist who has never scrupled to reveal the most intimate details about the lives of celebrities
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English scrupil, scriple, from Anglo-French scruple, from Latin scrupulus a unit of weight, diminutive of scrupus sharp stone
Noun (2)
Middle English scripil, scrupill, from Anglo-French scruble, from Latin scrupulus, diminutive of scrupus source of uneasiness, literally, sharp stone
First Known Use
Noun (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
1627, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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