- 1良心不安;一絲愧疚或疑慮(have no qualms about ≈ 對……毫無顧忌)
A qualm is a small, feeling that maybe what you are doing is not right. You have qualms about lying, about spending too much, about walking past someone who needs help.
A qualmqualm is a small, uneasy feeling是一種小小的不安感,that maybe what you are doing is not right覺得自己在做的事也許不對。 You have qualms你會有qualms about lying對說謊、about spending too much對花太多錢、about walking past someone who needs help對從需要幫助的人身邊走過。
English likes the phrase have no qualms: if you have no qualms about something, you are not bothered at all. The feeling is lighter than guilt and shorter than a crisis; it is a , then it may pass.
English likes the phrase have no qualms英文喜歡用have no qualms這個說法:if you have no qualms about something如果你對某件事have no qualms,you are not bothered at all代表你一點也不介意。 The feeling is lighter than guilt這種感覺比罪惡感輕,and shorter than a crisis也比一場危機短暫;it is a pang它是一陣刺痛感,then it may pass然後可能就過去了。
Though actually, an older sense still lives in some writing: a qualm can also be a sudden sick feeling in the stomach. That use is less common now.
Though actually不過其實,an older sense still lives in some writing有個較舊的意思還留在一些文章裡:a qualm can also be a sudden sick feeling in the stomachqualm也可以指胃裡突然一陣噁心的感覺。 That use那種用法 is less common now現在比較少見了。
The moral-doubt sense is the one you will meet in news and novels. It is slightly formal; a child would more likely say I don’t feel right about this.
The moral-doubt sense這種良心疑慮的意思 is the one you will meet in news and novels是你會在新聞和小說裡遇到的那種。 It is slightly formal它有點正式;a child would more likely say I don't feel right about this小孩更可能會說「I don't feel right about this」。
core核心畫面
組成Not certain. It may come from an old English word for death or plague, or from a Dutch or German word for thick air or smoke. Scholars do not agree, so the honest answer is that we do not know for sure.
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
qualmnoun/kwɑːm/
- 1
A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.
- [W]ho vvould not rather Sleep Quietly upon a Hammock, vvithout either Cares in his Head, or Crudities in his Stomach, then lye Carking upon a Bed of State, vvith the Qualms and Tvvinges that accompany Surfeits and Exceſs?
- "Do you have any particular qualms about leaving Pencey?" / "Oh, I have a few qualms, all right. Sure … but not too many. Not yet, anyway.[…]"
- 2
A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness.
- 3
A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt.
- This lawyer has no qualms about saving people who are on the wrong side of the law.
- 4
archaicdialectalMortality; plague; pestilence.
- 5
archaicdialectalA calamity or disaster.
qualmverb/kwɑːm/
- 1
To have a sickly feeling.
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