compunction

英 [kəmˈpʌŋk.ʃən]      美 [kəmˈpʌŋk.ʃən]
  • n. 悔恨,后悔;内疚
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将“compunction”分解为“com-punish-tion”,想象这个单词就像是在说“完全惩罚”,即内心的强烈愧疚感或良心不安。这种惩罚是由“punish”(惩罚)引起的,而“completely”(完全)强调了这种情绪的深刻程度。

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compunction 内疚,懊悔

com-, 强调。-punct, 刺,击,词源同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.
他在讲述自己杀害父亲的过程时,没有感到丝毫的内疚。
2. She felt no compunction about leaving her job.
她对自己的辞职一点儿也不感到懊悔。
3. He felt a kind of compunction.
他感到几分内疚.
4. She kept me waiting without the slightest compunction.
她让我久等却没有丝毫的歉意.
5. I have little compunction in doing it.
做这件事我没有什么不安.