scruples

US: /ˈskɹupəɫz/

UK: /skɹˈuːpə‍lz/



English - Vietnamese dictionary

scruple /'skru:pl/
  • danh từ
    • sự đắn đo, sự ngại ngùng; tính quá thận trọng
      • man of no scruples: người bừa bãi, người bất chấp luân thường đoạ lý
    • Xcrup (đơn vị trọng lượng khoảng 1, 3 g)
    • số lượng rất ít, số lượng không đáng kể)
    • to have scruples about doing something
      • to make scruple to do something
        • ngại ngùng không muốn làm việc gì
      • to make no scruple to do something
        • làm ngay việc gì không chút do dự ngại ngùng
    • động từ
      • đắn đo, ngại ngùng, quá thận trọng
        • to scruple to do something: ngại ngùng không muốn làm việc gì


    Thesaurus dictionary

    n.
    1 compunction, qualm, reluctance, misgiving, second thoughts, doubt, (twinge of) conscience, hesitation, uneasiness, discomfort, squeamishness:
    Peter hadn't the slightest scruple about taking the money from his aunt.
    v.
    2 pause, falter, hesitate, vacillate, have doubts or compunction (about), demur, waver, shrink from or at, have misgivings or qualms (about or over), be loath or loth (to), think twice (about), stick at, be reluctant, balk (at), have scruples (about):
    Susan didn't scruple for a moment about keeping the money she found in the street.


    Collocation

    ADJ.

    moral, religious
    a man of few moral scruples

    VERB + SCRUPLES

    have | overcome
    Some persuasion would be required to overcome her scruples.

    PREP.

    without ~
    A man who can treat his family so must be completely without scruples.
    | ~ about
    I don't have any scruples about taking her car?she's often borrowed mine.



    Concise dictionary

    scruples|scrupled|scrupling'skruːpl
    noun
    +a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
    +uneasiness about the fitness of an action
    +an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
    verb
    +hesitate on moral grounds
    +raise scruples
    +have doubts about


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