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qualm

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漢語翻譯


n. 暈眩, 不安, 疑慮
【法】 疑慮, 不安, 內疚

詞型變化:

副詞:qualmishly 形容詞:qualmish 

英文解釋:

名詞 qualm:

  1. uneasiness about the fitness of an action
    同義詞:scruple, misgiving
  2. a mild state of nausea
    同義詞:queasiness, squeamishness

例句:

  1. Emma herself suffered from no such qualms, for she was certain that Mr. Elton was as much in love with Harriet as Harriet---through Emma's instigation---was with him.
    愛瑪自己倒是心安理得,因為她確信埃爾頓先生對哈里特十分鍾情,而哈里特——在她的鼓動之下——對他也有同樣的愛慕之心。
  2. He had/felt no serious qualms about concealing the information from the police.
    他向警方隱瞞實情而並未感到十分不妥。

詳細解釋:


qualm

n.(名詞)
A sudden feeling of sickness, faintness, or nausea.
噁心,暈眩:突然感到噁心、眩暈或反胃的
A sudden disturbing feeling:
不安,疑慮:突然引起不安的感覺:
例句:
qualms of homesickness.
思鄉症

An uneasy feeling about the propriety or rightness of a course of action.
憂慮,擔心:關於行為過程的適當正確性的不安的感覺

來源:
[Origin unknown]
[起源不明]

【引伸】
qualm.ish
adj.(形容詞)
qualm.ishly
adv.(副詞)
<參考辭彙><同義詞>qualm,scruple,compunction,misgivingThese nouns denote a feeling of uncertainty about the fitness or correctness of an action.
這些名詞意味著對於行為的合適程度或正確程度的不確定而產生的感覺。
Qualm is a disturbing, often queasy feeling of uneasiness and self-doubt:
Qualm 是一種擾亂人心的,經常是不安和自我懷疑的使人心神不安的感覺:
例句:
.an ignorant ruffianly gaucho, who . . . would . . . fight, steal, and do other naughty things without a qualm. (W.H. Hudson).
.那個愚昧 * 的高楚牧人,他…總是…心安理得地打架、偷竊、以及做其他一些淘氣的事. (W·H·哈得孫)。

Scruple is an uneasy feeling arising from conscience or principle about the decency, propriety, or appropriateness of a course of action:
Scruple 是指由對行為過程的是非、得體或適當程度的道德原則方面引起的一種心神不安的感覺:
例句:
.My father`s old-fashioned notions boggled a little at first to this arrangement . . . but his scruples were in the end overruled. (John Galt).
.對這項安排,我父親的老式觀念開始猶豫了一陣,…但是最終他的不安被推翻了. (約翰·蓋特)。

Compunction implies a prick or twinge of conscience aroused by wrongdoing or the prospect of wrongdoing:
Compunction 表示由做錯事或可能做錯事的預感而引起的良心的刺痛或內疚:
例句:
He stole the money without the slightest compunction.
他偷錢卻絲毫不感到良心受譴責

Misgiving suggests often sudden apprehension:
Misgiving 表示經常是突然的憂慮:
例句:
.The British Empire and the United States will have to be somewhat mixed up together . . . for mutual and general advantage.For my own part . . . I do not view the process with any misgivings. (Winston S. Churchill).
.大不列顛王國和美國將不得不在一定程度上混合在一起…因為兩者共同的和普遍的利益。對於我這方面…我不認為這個過程有任何疑慮. (溫斯頓·S·邱吉爾)


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