scruple  /skr'upəl/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  scruple
  躊躇,猶豫,微量(vi.)躊躇,有顧忌

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Scruple \Scru"ple\, v. t.
     1. To regard with suspicion; to hesitate at; to question.
  
              Others long before them . . . scrupled more the
              books of hereties than of gentiles.   --Milton.
  
     2. To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple. [R.]
  
              Letters which did still scruple many of them. --E.
                                                    Symmons.

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Scruple \Scru"ple\, n. [L. scrupulus a small sharp or pointed
     stone, the twenty-fourth part of an ounce, a scruple,
     uneasiness, doubt, dim. of scrupus a rough or sharp stone,
     anxiety, uneasiness; perh. akin to Gr. ? the chippings of
     stone, ? a razor, Skr. kshura: cf. F. scrupule.]
     1. A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram.
  
     2. Hence, a very small quantity; a particle.
  
              I will not bate thee a scruple.       --Shak.
  
     3. Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining
        what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or
        hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience.
  
              He was made miserable by the conflict between his
              tastes and his scruples.              --Macaulay.
  
     {To make scruple}, to hesitate from conscientious motives; to
        scruple.                                    --Locke.

資料來源(4): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Scruple \Scru"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scrupled}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Skrupling}.]
     To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on
     account of considerations of conscience or expedience.
  
           We are often over-precise, scrupling to say or do those
           things which lawfully we may.            --Fuller.
  
           Men scruple at the lawfulness of a set form of divine
           worship.                                 --South.

資料來源(5): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  scruple
       n 1: a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
       2: uneasiness about the fitness of an action [syn: {qualm}, {misgiving}]
       3: an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
       v 1: hesitate on moral grounds; "The man scrupled to perjure
            himself"
       2: raise scruples; "He lied and did not even scruple about it"
       3: have doubts about