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scruple

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中文来自 ECDICT

n.: 踌躇，犹豫，微量
vi.: 踌躇，有顾忌

演变路径（由近及远）

英语
源自 ←古法语 scrupule
源自 ←拉丁语 scrūpulus “{{q|literally}} a small sharp or pointed stone; uneasiness of mind, anxiety, doubt, trouble; scruple”
源自 ←古希腊语 σκύρος “the chippings of stone”
源自 ←原始印欧语 *ksew-

原始词根

原始印欧语 *(s)ker- (cut)

词源说明

From Old French scrupule, from Latin scrūpulus (“(literally) a small sharp or pointed stone; uneasiness of mind, anxiety, doubt, trouble; scruple”) and scrūpulum (“one twenty-fourth of an ounce”), diminutives of scrūpus (“a rough

释义（英文）

名词 Noun

Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience; moral qualm.
(pharmacy) A weight

or sharp stone; anxiety, uneasiness”); perhaps akin to Ancient Greek σκύρος (skúros, “the

of stone”), from ξυρόν (xurón, “

”), from ξύω (xúō, “to

”), from Proto-Indo-European *ksew-. Doublet of

and

.

of 1⁄288 of a pound, that is, twenty

or one third of a

, about 1.3

(symbol:

).

A Hebrew unit of time equal to 1⁄1080 hour.

(obsolete, by extension) A very small quantity; a particle.

(obsolete) A doubt or uncertainty concerning a matter of fact; intellectual perplexity.

动词 Verb

(intransitive) To hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience.
(intransitive) To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
(transitive) To regard with suspicion; to question.
(intransitive, obsolete) To question the truth of (a fact, etc.); to doubt; to hesitate to believe, to question.

词族

派生词（9）

scruple-shop scrupleless scrupulosity scrupulous scrupulously scrupulousness unscrupulous unscrupulously unscrupulousness

同源异形词（2）

escropulo escrupulo