conscience
noun
ˈkɒnʃəns
noun
1
the
part
of
your
mind
that
tells
you
whether
what
you
are
doing
is
morally
right
or
wrong
良知，良心
guilty/troubled
conscience
(a
guilty
feeling,
because
you
have
done
something
wrong)
愧疚的内心/不安的良心
It
was
his
guilty
conscience
that
made
him
offer
to
help.
他是因为心中有愧才提出帮忙的。
Well,
at
least
I
can
face
them
all
with
a
clear
conscience
(=when
you
know
that
you
have
done
nothing
wrong)
.
至少我可以问心无愧地面对他们。
a
film
with
a
social
conscience
(=a
moral
sense
of
how
society
should
be)
有社会良知的电影
prisoner
of
conscience
I
can’t
tell
you
what
to
do
–
it’s
a
matter
of
conscience
(=something
that
you
must
make
a
moral
judgment
about)
.
我无法告诉你该怎么办 — 这是个良知问题。
a
crisis
of
conscience
among
medical
staff
(=a
situation
in
which
it
is
very
difficult
to
decide
what
is
the
right
thing
to
do)
医务人员中的良心危机
The
dog’s
sad
look
pricked
her
conscience
(=made
her
feel
guilty)
and
she
took
him
home.
这条狗悲哀的目光触动了她的良知，她就把它领回了家。
2
consciousness
Do
not
confuse
with
(=the
condition
of
being
awake
and
aware
of
thoughts
and
feelings).
不要和 consciousness（神志清醒; 意识）相混淆。
3
a
guilty
feeling
that
you
have
about
something
bad
you
have
done
良心的责备，内疚，愧疚
twinge/pang
of
conscience
Ian
felt
a
pang
of
conscience
at
having
misjudged
her.
伊安因为错看了她而感到一阵良心上的愧疚。
have
no
conscience
(about
sth)
(not
feel
guilty
about
something)
（对某事）不内疚
They’ve
no
conscience
at
all
about
cheating.
他们对欺骗毫不内疚。
4
on your conscience
if
you
have
something
on
your
conscience,
it
makes
you
feel
guilty
内疚，受到良心的谴责
He
didn’t
want
somebody’s
death
on
his
conscience.
他不愿某个人的死让他的良心受到谴责。
Could
you
live
with
that
on
your
conscience?
良心背上那样的包袱你能受得了吗？
5
not in (all/good) conscience
if
you
cannot
in
all
conscience
do
something,
you
cannot
do
it
because
you
think
it
is
wrong
[正式] 凭良心不能做某些事情〔因认为它是错的〕
formal
I
couldn’t
in
all
conscience
tell
him
that
his
job
was
safe.
凭良心我不能对他说那份工作很保险。