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单词 compunction
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com·punc·tion

noun
/kəmˈpʌŋkʃn/
/kəmˈpʌŋkʃn/
(formal) [uncountable] also [C] in NAmE usually used in negative sentences
  1. a guilty feeling about doing something内疚;愧疚
    • He had lied to her without compunction.他向她撒了谎却毫无愧疚。
    • compunction about doing something She felt no compunction about leaving her job.她对自己的辞职一点儿也不感到懊悔。
    • (North American English) She has no compunctions about rejecting the plan.她对拒绝那个计划丝毫也不后悔。
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French componction, from ecclesiastical Latin compunctio(n-), from Latin compungere ‘prick sharply’, from com- (expressing intensive force) + pungere ‘to prick’.
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