n.(名词)

1. 良心，道义心，道德心
2. 思想，意识，内在思想，善恶观念，肺腑
3. 内疚，愧疚
4. 诚心，诚意

n.(名词)

1. [U]良心 person's awareness of right and wrong with regard to his own thoughts and actions

Noun:

1. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions

2. conformity to one's own sense of right conduct;

   "a person of unflagging conscience"
   

3. a feeling of shame when you do something immoral;

   "he has no conscience about his cruelty"
   

1.良心;良知
Yourconscience is 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.

e.g. I have battled with myconscience 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。
e.g. What if he got a guiltyconscience and brought it back?...
要是他觉得内疚，把东西拿回来了怎么办？

2.信仰；凭良心行事
conscience is doing what you believe is right even though it might be unpopular, difficult, or dangerous.

e.g. He refused for reasons ofconscience to sign a new law legalising abortion.
他出于信仰，拒绝签署使堕胎合法化的新法。
e.g. ...the law on freedom ofconscience and religious organizations.
有关信仰自由和宗教组织自由的法律

3.内疚;良心不安
conscience is a feeling of guilt because you know you have done something that is wrong.

e.g. I'm so glad he had a pang ofconscience...
我很高兴他会有负疚感。
e.g. They have shown a ruthless lack ofconscience.
他们没有表现出丝毫内疚，实在是太无情了。

4.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.

e.g. She could not, in goodconscience, back out on her deal with him.
凭良心她不能背弃与他达成的协议。

5.内疚;良心不安
If you have somethingon yourconscience, you feel guilty because you know you have done something wrong.

conscience的反义词

e.g. Now the murderer has two deaths on hisconscience.
现在，这个杀人犯背着两条人命，受到了良心的谴责。

1. 道德心：11)所说的法律的四个渊源--即立法、判例、衡平(equity)和习俗--来说,除立法外,衡平法显然也主要诉诸于人的理性推理和道德心(conscience). 由于判例法的发展像哈耶克(1973,p. 88)所说的那样在某些方面是一种单行道,

I'll write and apologize. I've had it on my conscience for weeks.

我要写信赔礼道歉。几个星期以来我都为此而良心不安。

We cannot in all conscience refuse to help.

凭良心我们不能拒绝去帮助别人。

Emilia is the voice of conscience in the play.

埃米莉亚在这出戏中是良知的代言人。

freedom of conscience (= the freedom to do what you believe to be right)

凭良心行事的自由

I have a terrible conscience about it.

我对此事深感愧疚。

She was seized by a sudden pang of conscience.

她突然感到一阵内疚。

He won't let it trouble his conscience.

他不会让这件事搞得自己良心不安。

to have a clear'/guilty conscience (= to feel that you have done right'/wrong)

问心无愧 / 有愧

This is a matter of individual conscience (= everyone must make their own judgement about it) .

这关系个人的良知。

He refused for reasons of conscience to sign a new law legalising abortion.

他出于信仰，拒绝签署使堕胎合法化的新法。

...the law on freedom of conscience and religious organizations.

有关信仰自由和宗教组织自由的法律

I'm so glad he had a pang of conscience...

我很高兴他会有负疚感。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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？

Objective To investigate the correlation between direct and indirect measured arterial blood pressure.

目的探讨动脉血压直接测量值与间接测量值的相关性.

The fee his lawyer charged for drawing up the deed was enough in all conscience.

他的律师为起草契约所收的费用确实足够了.

Guilt had been eating into his conscience for some months.

几个月来内疚一直折磨着他的良心.

The matter weighed upon his conscience.

这件事使他的良心痛苦不安.

Clearing one's conscience is medicinal for the soul.

净化良心,灵魂得益.

After he had committed the crime, his conscience was troubled.

他犯罪后, 良心上感到很不安.

As a matter of conscience, he doesn't feel that he can stand up for the President any longer.

凭良心讲, 他认为他无法再支持总统了.

She behaves as if she has something on her conscience.

她好像做了什么亏心事.

I had a guilty conscience about not telling her the truth.

我因为没有告诉她事实真相而感到内疚.

After the feast she spent a week dieting to salve her conscience.

大吃了一顿之后,她花了一周时间节食以安慰自己.

1. I had a guilty conscience about not telling her the truth.
   我因为没有告诉她事实真相而感到内疚。
2. After he had committed the crime, his conscience was troubled.
   他犯罪后,良心上感到很不安。

动词+～

• conscience">appeal to sb's conscience呼吁某人的良知
• conscience">arouse〔rouse〕 sb's conscience唤起某人的良知
• conscience">consult one's conscience扪心自问
• conscience">follow one's own conscience凭良心办事
• conscience">satisfy one's conscience使自己心安理得

形容词+～

• conscience">social conscience社会良知
• conscience">uneasy conscience不安的良心

介词+～

• conscience">against conscience违背良心
• conscience">with a good conscience问心无愧
• conscience">with a safe conscience心安理得

• I will speak my conscience of the King: I think he would not wish himself anywhere but where he is.

  出自：Henry V,Shakespeare

• ☆ 13世纪初期进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的conscientia，意为良心，良知。