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compunction/kəmˈpʌŋkʃ(ə)n/n. (usu. with neg. 通常与否定词连用) 1 the pricking of the conscience; remorse 内疚；悔恨；自责 2 slight regret; a scruple 后悔；不安 without compunction 毫无顾忌地; have no compunction in refusing him 毫不后悔地拒绝了他 □ compunctious /-ʃəs/ adj.□ compunctiously /-ʃəsli/ adv.[Middle English via Old French componction and ecclesiastical Latin compunctio -onis from Latin compungere compunct- (as COM-, pungere ‘prick’)] |