qualm

英 [kwɑːm]

美 [kwɑːm]

n.  (对自己行为的)顾虑，不安

复数：qualms　

GRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.13828 / COCA.14827

牛津词典

noun

• （对自己行为的）顾虑，不安
  a feeling of doubt or worry about whether what you are doing is right
  1. He had been working very hard so he had no qualms about taking a few days off.
     他一直辛勤工作，所以休息几天他觉得心安理得。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 忧虑;不安;担忧
  If you have noqualmsabout doing something, you are not worried that it may be wrong in some way.
  1. I have no qualms about recommending this approach...
     我会毫不犹豫地推荐这一方法。
  2. Did she see her husband as capable of murder? She had used the word without a qualm.
     她觉得自己的丈夫可能杀人吗？在使用这个字眼的时候，她没有丝毫的不安。

英英释义

noun

• uneasiness about the fitness of an action
  Synonym:scruplemisgiving
• a mild state of nausea
  Synonym:queasinesssqueamishness

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