qualm

名词 qualm:

1. uneasiness about the fitness of an action
   同义词：scruple, misgiving
2. a mild state of nausea
   同义词：queasiness, squeamishness

1. Emma herself suffered from no such qualms, for she was certain that Mr. Elton was as much in love with Harriet as Harriet---through Emma's instigation---was with him.
   爱玛自己倒是心安理得，因为她确信埃尔顿先生对哈里特十分钟情，而哈里特——在她的鼓动之下——对他也有同样的爱慕之心。
2. He had/felt no serious qualms about concealing the information from the police.
   他向警方隐瞒实情而并未感到十分不妥。

qualm

n.（名词）
A sudden feeling of sickness, faintness, or nausea.
恶心，晕眩：突然感到恶心、眩晕或反胃的
A sudden disturbing feeling:
不安，疑虑：突然引起不安的感觉：
例句：
qualms of homesickness.
思乡症

An uneasy feeling about the propriety or rightness of a course of action.
忧虑，担心：关于行为过程的适当或正确性的不安的感觉

来源：
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【引伸】
qualm.ish
adj.（形容词）
qualm.ishly
adv.（副词）
<参考词汇><同义词>qualm,scruple,compunction,misgivingThese nouns denote a feeling of uncertainty about the fitness or correctness of an action.
这些名词意味着对于行为的合适程度或正确程度的不确定而产生的感觉。
Qualm is a disturbing, often queasy feeling of uneasiness and self-doubt:
Qualm 是一种扰乱人心的，经常是不安和自我怀疑的使人心神不安的感觉：
例句：
.an ignorant ruffianly gaucho, who . . . would . . . fight, steal, and do other naughty things without a qualm. (W.H. Hudson).
.那个愚昧残暴的高楚牧人，他…总是…心安理得地打架、偷窃、以及做其他一些淘气的事. (W·H·哈得孙）。

Scruple is an uneasy feeling arising from conscience or principle about the decency, propriety, or appropriateness of a course of action:
Scruple 是指由对行为过程的是非、得体或适当程度的道德或原则方面引起的一种心神不安的感觉：
例句：
.My father`s old-fashioned notions boggled a little at first to this arrangement . . . but his scruples were in the end overruled. (John Galt).
.对这项安排，我父亲的老式观念开始时犹豫了一阵，…但是最终他的不安被推翻了. （约翰·盖特）。

Compunction implies a prick or twinge of conscience aroused by wrongdoing or the prospect of wrongdoing:
Compunction 表示由做错事或可能做错事的预感而引起的良心的刺痛或内疚：
例句：
He stole the money without the slightest compunction.
他偷钱却丝毫不感到良心受谴责。

Misgiving suggests often sudden apprehension:
Misgiving 表示经常是突然的忧虑：
例句：
.The British Empire and the United States will have to be somewhat mixed up together . . . for mutual and general advantage.For my own part . . . I do not view the process with any misgivings. (Winston S. Churchill).
.大不列颠王国和美国将不得不在一定程度上混合在一起…因为两者共同的和普遍的利益。对于我这方面…我不认为这个过程有任何疑虑. （温斯顿·S·丘吉尔）