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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4273 COCA: 4641

conscience

conscience /ˈkɑːnʃəns/ noun
plural consciences
conscience
/ˈkɑːnʃəns/
noun
plural consciences
Learner's definition of CONSCIENCE
: the part of the mind that makes you aware of your actions as being either morally right or wrong良心;良知;是非观念
[count]
usually singular通常用单数
[noncount]
see also prisoner of conscience
[noncount] : a feeling that something you have done is morally wrong内疚;愧疚

in (all/good) conscience

formal
◊ If you cannot do something in (all/good) conscience, you cannot do it because you think that it is morally wrong.凭良心

on your conscience

◊ If something is on your conscience, it makes you feel guilty.使感到内疚
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4273 COCA: 4641

conscience

noun

con·​science ˈkän(t)-shən(t)s How to pronounce conscience (audio)
1
a
: the sense or consciousness of the moral goodness or blameworthiness of one's own conduct, intentions, or character together with a feeling of obligation to do right or be good
She had a guilty conscience.
b
: a faculty, power, or principle enjoining good acts
guided by conscience
c
: the part of the superego in psychoanalysis that transmits commands and admonitions to the ego
2
: conformity to what one considers to be correct, right, or morally good : conscientiousness
3
: sensitive regard for fairness or justice : scruple
a wealthy man with no conscience
4
archaic : consciousness
conscienceless adjective
Phrases
in all conscience or in conscience
: in all fairness
She could not in all conscience remain silent.

Example Sentences

… it is a politician's natural instinct to avoid taking any stand that seems controversial unless and until the voters demand it or conscience absolutely requires it. Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, 2006 We like to imagine literature as the still, small voice of human conscience. It is that only rarely, however. Actively and passively, it has always borne along pernicious ideas. Marilynne Robinson, New York Times Book Review, 15 Mar. 1987 So she had lied to him, but so had he to her, they were quits on that score and his conscience was calm. Bernard Malamud, The Magic Barrel, (1950) 1958 The rat had no morals, no conscience, no scruples, no consideration, no decency … E. B. White, Charlotte's Web, 1952 The thief must have had an attack of conscience, because he returned the wallet with nothing missing from it.
Recent Examples on the Web Reconstructionists embraced America as a constantly changing political reality that could become a multiracial democracy through the collective will of people of conscience. Time, 15 Sep. 2022 To Rachael Abell, the school-committee president in Beverly, Massachusetts—where, until 2018, full-day kindergarten cost $4,000 a year—this problem of access was a failure of conscience on the part of her district. Keija Parssinen, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2022 There’s also a second drill sergeant, Rosales (Raúl Castillo), who seems to have a conscience, a firm core of humanity. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2022 His was a rich and unsettling riddle of conscience. Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022 He has not been charged, but the Bills could not, in good conscience, dress Araiza given the circumstances. Sal Maiorana, USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2022 And there is no other choice for a state leader, a governor, in good conscience, then to declare it as such and begin to enforce the laws of the land and secure the border and protect their citizens. Adam Shaw, Fox News, 9 July 2022 Williams had no conscience in discerning between a good shot and a bad shot. oregonlive, 27 May 2022 Amnesty International named them prisoners of conscience. Evgeny Lebedev, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin conscientia, from conscient-, consciens, present participle of conscire to be conscious, be conscious of guilt, from com- + scire to know — more at science

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of conscience was in the 13th century
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4273 COCA: 4641
conscience

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + CONSCIENCE | CONSCIENCE + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEclean, clear, easy, good問心無愧How can you do your job with a clean conscience?你怎麼能問心無愧地幹你的活兒呢?I have a clear conscience.我問心無愧。bad, guilty, troubled, uneasy內疚;愧疚a dying man with a guilty conscience心懷愧疚的垂死之人civic, environmental, moral, political, social公民/環境/道德/政治/社會良知consumers with an environmental conscience有環境意識的消費者a government with no social conscience一個沒有社會公德的政府religious宗教良知a seminal conference on religious conscience and poverty一個有重大影響力的關於宗教良知與貧困的會議tender敏感的良知I never knew a more tender conscience on every point of duty.我從沒見過對自己職責的方方面面考慮得如此周到細緻的人。collective集體良知the collective conscience of American business美國企業的集體良知individual個人的良知It should be a matter of individual conscience.這應該是個人良知的問題。VERB + CONSCIENCEhave有良心He had no conscience about taking his brother's money.他對拿哥哥的錢一點兒也不覺得內疚。appease, assuage, clear, ease, salve, soothe使良心平靜/緩和/沒有束縛/輕鬆下來/得到慰藉/得到撫慰We assuaged our conscience by telling ourselves that they would be worse off without us.為了使良心好過,我們對自己說沒有我們他們會更糟糕。To clear my conscience and make it up to you, I'd like to take you out to dinner.為了消除我的內疚並補償你,我想帶你出去吃飯。After the meal she spent a week dieting to salve her conscience.大吃一頓後,她花了一週時間節食以安慰自己。prick, trouble刺痛良心;使良心不安appeal to, arouse, awaken, rouse, stir呼籲良知;喚醒良知shock震驚良知a bill which has shocked the conscience of every middle-class community震驚了每個中產階級社區良知的法案wrestle with同良知鬥爭He wrestled with his conscience all night long.他整晚上都在同自己的良心鬥爭。follow聽從良心I have only ever followed my conscience.我不過是一直憑着自己的良心行事罷了。examine捫心自問At the end of each day, examine your conscience.每天結束的時候,捫心自省一下。CONSCIENCE + VERBguide sb/sth, tell sb sth良心指引⋯;良心告訴某人⋯He felt his conscience telling him to apologize.他感覺良心一直告訴自己去道歉。It's important to let your conscience guide your decisions.重要的是作決定不違背良心。bother sb, prick sb, trouble sb (especially BrE) 良心困擾某人/刺激某人/使某人感到不安Her conscience was bothering her a little.她的良心使她有點兒不安。Her conscience pricked her every time she thought of how cruel she had been to Kirby.一想到自己對柯比曾經那麼殘酷,她就內疚心痛。dictate sth良心支配⋯My conscience dictates that I resign.良心驅使我辭職。PREPOSITIONon your conscience引起某人內疚I'm sure she has something on her conscience.我肯定她心裏有什麼事兒讓她良心不安。It was on his conscience that he hadn't called her.他因沒給她打電話而愧疚不安。PHRASESan act of conscience (especially NAmE) 良知行為His decision appears to have been an act of conscience.他的決定看起來是有良知的行為。an attack of conscience良心發現Best came forward because of an attack of conscience.因為良心發現貝斯特站了出來。a crisis of conscience良知危機freedom of conscience, liberty of conscience憑良心行事的自由in all conscience, in conscience, in good conscience (= honestly) 憑良心We cannot in all conscience refuse to help.憑良心說,我們不能拒絕幫忙。let conscience be your guide讓良心指引你a matter of conscience關乎良心的事情This question is a matter of individual conscience.這是有關個人良知的問題。man/woman/people of conscience有良知的人/女人/人們How could people of conscience allow this to happen?有良知的人怎麼能容許這樣的事情發生?a pang of conscience, a prick of conscience, a twinge of conscience (especially BrE) 一陣良心不安I had a sudden pang of conscience that I really ought to tell the truth.我突然感到一陣內疚,覺得確實應該說出真相。the right of conscience, the rights of conscience (both NAmE) 信仰權individual rights and rights of conscience on our campuses of higher education我們高校校園內的個人權利和信仰權利the voice of conscience良心的呼喚She refused to listen to the voice of conscience.她拒絕聽從良心的召喚。

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