compunction

英 [k?m'p??k?(?)n] 美[k?m'p??k??n]

TEM8GRE暢通詞匯

compunction 內(nèi)疚，懊悔

com-, 強(qiáng)調(diào)。-punct, 刺，擊，詞源同impugn, puncture.

compunction: compunction: [14] Etymologically, to do something ‘without compunction’ means literally to do it without one’s conscience pricking. The word comes via Old French componction from late Latin compunctiō, a derivative of compungere ‘prick hard’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and pungere ‘prick’ (source of English puncture and pungent).
=> puncture, pungent
compunction (n.): mid-14c., from Old French compunction (12c., Modern French componction), from Late Latin compunctionem (nominative compunctio) "remorse; a pricking" (of conscience), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin compungere "to severely prick, sting," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + pungere "to prick" (see pungent). Used in figurative sense by early Church writers. Originally a much more intense feeling, similar to "remorse," or "contrition."

1. He has no compunction about relating how he killed his father.: 他在講述自己殺害父親的過(guò)程時(shí)，沒(méi)有感到絲毫的內(nèi)疚。

2. She felt no compunction about leaving her job.: 她對(duì)自己的辭職一點(diǎn)兒也不感到懊悔。

4. She kept me waiting without the slightest compunction.: 她讓我久等卻沒(méi)有絲毫的歉意.