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

• Mr Dickason advised us to spend our money not on solar panels, but on an energy-efficient refrigerator, fluorescent light bulbs and other conservation-minded items to salve our consciences.
  Dickason先生建议我们不要把钱花在太阳能板子上，而用来买一台节能电冰箱，荧光灯泡，和其它具有环保意识的产品来”救赎我们的良心“。
• Welfare culture is habitus of social welfare field, it includes various thoughts, consciences, psychologies and attitudes of existing welfare practice.
  福利文化属于社会福利场域的惯习，是存在于福利实践活动中的各种思想、意识、心理、态度等观念要素的总和；
• Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
  我们既知道主是可畏的，所以劝人，但我们在神面前是显明的，盼望在你们的良心里，也是显明的。
• A sort of gleam proceeds from these miserable wretches, as though their consciences were not heavy within them any more.
  有一种轻微的光从这些穷苦的人群中透出来了，仿佛他们心中的压抑已不存在。
• 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。
• We have followed the dictates of our consciences and have done our duty.
  我们遵从了自己的良知，尽到了自己的义务。
• There are others who soothe their consciences with small acts of kindness, or by telling themselves their sins were justified.
  有人会做点小善事来安抚他们的良心，或者告诉自己这些罪行是正当的。
• We are just going to be prisoners of our own consciences.
  我们将会成为自己良心的囚犯。
• 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。
• 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。