consciences

英 [ˈkɒnʃənsɪz]

美 [ˈkɑntʃɪnsɪz]

n.  良心; 良知; 内疚; 愧疚; 凭良心
conscience的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 良心;良知
  Yourconscienceis 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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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？
  3. I could go away again with a clear conscience.
     我可以问心无愧地再次离开。
• See also:He refused for reasons of conscience to sign a new law legalising abortion....the law on freedom of conscience and religious organizations.prisoner of conscience
• N-UNCOUNT 内疚;良心不安
  Conscienceis a feeling of guilt because you know you have done something that is wrong.
  1. I'm so glad he had a pang of conscience...
     我很高兴他会有负疚感。
  2. 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。
• PHRASE 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.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 内疚;良心不安
  If you have somethingonyourconscience, you feel guilty because you know you have done something wrong.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• The man implacable and incisive, had stalked our consciousness, and occasionally our consciences, during the intervening years.
  在其后的年代里，态度强硬、语言尖刻的那个人一直潜随着我们的意识，有时潜随着我们的良心。
• There are others, who sooth their consciences with small acts of kindness. He has a heart of gold.
  有些人用他们善意的小事安抚他们的良心。
• We now have another published rod with which to beat the insensitive back of our social consciences.
  现在我们还有一个公开发表了论点来谴责我们那迟钝的社会良心。
• It was a matter for them, their tax authorities and their consciences.
  那是纳税人、他们的税务机关以及他们的良心的事。
• Do not seek to bind other consciences, and do not permit others to bind yours.
  不要试图约束别人的良心，也不让别人来约束自己的。
• They are human beings, after all, and if a study published in the journal Science is any guide, they feel a strong urge to wash their hands literally after a despicable act in an unconscious effort to ease their consciences.
  毕竟他们也是人。如果发表在《科学》杂志上的一份研究报告可以提供些许参考，这种在干完卑劣勾当后想洗手的强烈愿望其实是他们无意识中想减轻内心谴责的努力。
• Indeed, some travellers now ask themselves whether their flight is strictly necessary and, if they decide it is, salve their consciences by paying for the planting of trees.
  确实，一些旅行者现在会自问他们的飞行是否绝对必要，如果是的话，他们会捐款植树来安抚他们的良知。
• Just occasionally this petty-cash fund had to be tapped for immediate needs, and raiders would ease their consciences by leaving an IOU for the requisite sum.
  当然，偶尔也会因为急需，不得不动这种小金库，不过用钱的人会留下一张写明数目的欠条，因而也不会觉得有什么内疚。
• If the lost of the angel teaches us all that we must restore morals, philanthropy, compassion, and consciences, it will be worthy of the price of Yueyue's life.
  如果天使的逝去能让我们认识到我们必须重塑道德、博爱、同情和良心，那么悦悦的生命代价也值了。
• Most were sympathetic once we pricked their consciences
  一旦我们使他们良心发现，大多数人还是有同情心的。