英音 /ˈkɒn.ʃ(ə)ns/
美音 /ˈkɑːn.ʃ(ə)ns/
[ noun C or U ] the part of you that judges how moral your own actions are and makes you feel guilty about bad things that you have done or things you feel responsible for
(可数或者不可数名词)良心,良知
例句:
a guilty conscience 问心有愧
a question/matter of conscience 事关良心
You didn’t do anything wrong – you should have a clear conscience (= not feel guilty). 你没做错什么——你应该觉得问心无愧。
My conscience would really bother me if I wore a fur coat. 要是我穿件裘皮大衣,确实会良心不安。
(UK) He’s got no conscience at all (= does not feel guilty) about leaving me to do the housework. (英式英语)他对于把家务丢给我一点都不觉得内疚。
be/weigh on one’s conscience
(idiom)to make one feel guilty
(习语)使…良心不安,使…觉得内疚,受到良心谴责
例句:
Yesterday I ignored an old woman who asked me for money in the street, and it’s been on my conscience ever since. 昨天我没理会在街上向我讨钱的那个老妇人,但随后一直觉得良心不安。