[N-COUNT 可数名词]良心；良知 Your conscience is the part of your mind that tells you whether what you are doing is right or wrong. If you have a guilty conscience, you feel guilty about something because you know it was wrong. If you have a clear conscience, you do not feel guilty because you know you have done nothing wrong.
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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？
I could go away again with a clear conscience.
我可以问心无愧地再次离开。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]See also:
prisoner of conscience
；信仰；凭良心行事Conscience is doing what you believe is right even though it might be unpopular, difficult, or dangerous.
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
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]内疚；良心不安Conscience is a feeling of guilt because you know you have done something that is wrong.
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。
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[PHRASE 短语]凭良心；出于公道 If you say that you cannot do something in all conscience ,in good conscience, or in conscience, you mean that you cannot do it because you think it is wrong.
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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。
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[PHRASE 短语]内疚；良心不安 If you have something on your conscience, you feel guilty because you know you have done something wrong.
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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。
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con·science/ˈkɒnʃəns; NAmEˈkɑːnʃəns/noun1[countable , uncountable ]the part of your mind that tells you whether your actions are right or wrong 良心；良知◆to have a clear/guilty conscience(= to feel that you have done right/wrong)问心无愧╱有愧◆This is a matter ofinspanidual conscience(= everyone must make their own judgement about it).这关系到个人的良知。◆He won't let it trouble his conscience.他不会让这件事搞得自己良心不安的。☞see also
social conscience
2[uncountable , countable ]a guilty feeling about sth you have done or failed to do 内疚；愧疚◆She was seized by a sudden pang of conscience.她突然感到一阵内疚。◆I have a terrible conscience about it.我对此事深感愧疚。3[uncountable ]the fact of behaving in a way that you feel is right even though this may cause problems 凭良心◆freedom of conscience (= the freedom to do what you believe to be right)凭良心行事的自由◆Emilia is the voice of conscience in the play.伊米莉亚在这出戏剧中代表良知的一面。☞see also
prisoner of conscience
IDIOMSin (all/good) conscience( formal) believing your actions to be fair （认为行为）公正地，公平地，凭良心SYN
honestly
◆We cannot in all conscience refuse to help.凭良心我们不能拒绝去帮助别人。on your ˈconsciencemaking you feel guilty for doing or failing to do sth 使人内疚；良心不安◆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。☞more at
1the part of your mind that tells you whether what you are doing is morally right or wronga guilty/troubled conscience It was his guilty conscience that made him offer to help. Well, at least I can face them all with a clear conscience (=the knowledge that you have done nothing wrong).prisoner of conscience (=someone in prison because of their beliefs) I can’t tell you what to do – it’s a matter of conscience (=something you must make a moral judgement about). a crisis of conscience among medical staff (=a situation in which it is very difficult to decide what is the right thing to do) ► Do not confuse with consciousness (=the condition of being awake and aware of things).2a guilty feeling that you have about something bad you have donetwinge/pang of conscience Ian felt a pang of conscience at having misjudged her.have no conscience (about something) (=not feel guilty about something) They’ve no conscience at all about cheating.3on your conscience if you have something on your conscience, it makes you feel guilty: He didn’t want somebody’s death on his conscience. Could you live with that on your conscience?4not in (all/good) conscience formal if you cannot in all conscience do something, you cannot do it because you think it is wrong: I couldn’t in all conscience tell him that his job was safe.COLLOCATIONSadjectivesa clear conscience (=the knowledge that you have done nothing wrong)· I was able to answer his questions with a clear conscience.a guilty/troubled conscience (=the knowledge that you have done something wrong)· His guilty conscience kept him awake at night.a social conscience (=a moral sense of how society should be or how you can help it)· The writer’s strong social conscience is obvious in all his novels.a moral conscience (=an idea of what is right and wrong)· At what age do children develop a moral conscience?the public conscience (=people’s idea of what is right or wrong)· This scandal shocked the public conscience.the individual conscience· Decisions like this are a matter for the individual conscience.the human conscience· The human conscience is a product of civilization.verbshave a clear/guilty etc conscience· Does he have a guilty conscience about his role in the crime?wrestle/struggle with your conscience (=struggle to decide whether it is right or wrong do something)· She wrestled with her conscience for weeks before deciding not to leave him.prick somebody’s conscience (=make someone feel guilty)· Some of the things he’d done still pricked his conscience.phrasesbe a matter of conscience (=something that you must make a moral judgment about)· Whether you vote or not is a matter of conscience.a crisis of conscience (=a situation in which it is very difficult to decide what is the right thing to do)· He had a crisis of conscience about whether to take on the legal case.the voice of conscience (=something in your mind that tells you what is right and wrong)· Other leaders urged him to listen to the voice of conscience and hold free elections.a prisoner of conscience (=someone who is in prison because they have followed their beliefs about what is right or morally good to do)· Vaclav Havel was a prisoner of conscience who later became president of Czechoslovakia.
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conscience
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consciences[297]
良心(99%)，是非之心(1%)
n.道德心，良心
n.(Conscience)人名；(法)孔西延斯
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