conscience

noun

1. 良心；良知
   the part of your mind that tells you whether your actions are right or wrong
   1. to have a clear/guilty conscience (= to feel that you have done right/wrong)
      问心无愧 / 有愧
   2. This is a matter of individual conscience (= everyone must make their own judgement about it) .
      这关系个人的良知。
   3. He won't let it trouble his conscience.
      他不会让这件事搞得自己良心不安。
2. 内疚；愧疚
   a guilty feeling about sth you have done or failed to do
   1. She was seized by a sudden pang of conscience.
      她突然感到一阵内疚。
   2. I have a terrible conscience about it.
      我对此事深感愧疚。
3. 凭良心
   the fact of behaving in a way that you feel is right even though this may cause problems
   1. freedom of conscience (= the freedom to do what you believe to be right)
      凭良心行事的自由
   2. Emilia is the voice of conscience in the play.
      埃米莉亚在这出戏中是良知的代言人。

1. N-COUNT 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.
   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。
2. 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
3. N-UNCOUNT 内疚;良心不安
   Conscience is 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。
4. PHRASE 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.
   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。
5. PHRASE 内疚;良心不安
   If you have something on your conscience, 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。

1. Mr Garcia said his conscience was clear over the jail incidents
   加西亚先生说他对监狱中发生的事件问心无愧。
2. I can look back on things with a clear conscience. I did everything I could.
   我可以问心无愧地回首过去，我已经尽力了。
3. 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。
4. 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？
5. I could go away again with a clear conscience.
   我可以问心无愧地再次离开。
6. 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。
7. I'm so glad he had a pang of conscience
   我很高兴他会有负疚感。
8. 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。
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. I would like your advice on a matter of conscience, Father.
    我想就一件有关良心的事征求您的建议，神父。
12. The Daily Mail has the headline 'The Voice of Conscience'
    《每日邮报》的头版标题为“良知的声音”。
13. It's pleasing to see some criminals have a conscience.
    看到有些罪犯还有良知让人感到欣慰。
14. He had been unwise and it preyed on his conscience.
    他做得不太明智，这一直让他良心不安。
15. The boost to human rights came with the release of prisoners of conscience in Eastern Europe.
    随着东欧政治犯的释放，人权状况大为改善。
16. I give myself treats and justify them to salve my conscience.
    我常犒劳自己一番，然后找个说辞让自已良心稍安。
17. But he has sustained his fierce social conscience from young adulthood through old age
    而他从青年时期一直到老年都始终保持着强烈的社会良知。
18. A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.
    白天不做亏心事，夜里不怕鬼敲门。
19. She behaves as if she has something on her conscience.
    她好像做了什么亏心事。
20. The kind advice rests easily on one's conscience.
    好言劝慰使人宽心。
21. Has your action never given you a twinge of conscience?
    你做这事不屈心吗？
22. The matter weighed upon his conscience.
    这件事使他的良心痛苦不安。
23. I've been battling with my conscience for several days, and now I know I have to write to you.
    几天来我一直在与良心搏斗，现在我明白我必须给你写信。
24. Can you shift the blame onto him alone with a clear conscience?
    你能心安理得地把全部责任都推到他一人身上吗？
25. You took the blame for me, which troubles my conscience deeply.
    让你代我受过，甚感歉疚。
26. After he had committed the crime, his conscience was troubled.
    他犯罪后，良心上感到很不安。
27. Conscience impelled him to admit his mistake.
    良心促迫他承认了错误。
28. They are utterly devoid of conscience, they even humiliated these defenseless civilians.
    欺辱这些手无寸铁的平民，这些人真是丧尽天良。
29. I had a guilty conscience about not telling her the truth.
    我因为没有告诉她事实真相而感到内疚。
30. I have searched my conscience, and believe I have never mistreated you.
    扪心自问，我从没亏待过你。

n.

in (all/good) conscience

• （认为行为）公正地，公平地，凭良心
  believing your actions to be fair
  1. We cannot in all conscience refuse to help.
     凭良心我们不能拒绝去帮助别人。

on your conscience

• 使人内疚；良心不安
  making you feel guilty for doing or failing to do sth
  1. 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。

prick your conscience

your conscience pricks you

• 唤醒良心；受到良心谴责
  to make you feel guilty about sth; to feel guilty about sth
  1. Her conscience pricked her as she lied to her sister.
     她对姐姐撒谎时良心上感到很不安。

noun

1. conformity to one's own sense of right conduct
   1. a person of unflagging conscience

2. a feeling of shame when you do something immoral
   1. he has no conscience about his cruelty

3. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions

   Synonym:    scruplesmoral sensesense of right and wrong