compunction
英 [k?m'p??k?(?)n]
美[k?m'p??k??n]
- n. 悔恨，后悔；內疚
TEM8GRE暢通詞匯
中文詞源
compunction 內疚，懊悔
com-, 強調。-punct, 刺，擊，詞源同impugn, puncture.
英文詞源
- compunction
- compunction: [14] Etymologically, to do something ‘without compunction’ means literally to do it without one’s conscience pricking. The word comes via Old French componction from late Latin compunctiō, a derivative of compungere ‘prick hard’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and pungere ‘prick’ (source of English puncture and pungent).
=> puncture, pungent - compunction (n.)
- mid-14c., from Old French compunction (12c., Modern French componction), from Late Latin compunctionem (nominative compunctio) "remorse; a pricking" (of conscience), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin compungere "to severely prick, sting," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + pungere "to prick" (see pungent). Used in figurative sense by early Church writers. Originally a much more intense feeling, similar to "remorse," or "contrition."
雙語例句
- 1. He has no compunction about relating how he killed his father.
- 他在講述自己 害父親的過程時，沒有感到絲毫的內疚。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She felt no compunction about leaving her job.
- 她對自己的辭職一點兒也不感到懊悔。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. He felt a kind of compunction.
- 他感到幾分內疚.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. She kept me waiting without the slightest compunction.
- 她讓我久等卻沒有絲毫的歉意.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. I have little compunction in doing it.
- 做這件事我沒有什么不安.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》