"conscience" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 良心

Definition

良心是你內心判斷事情在道德上是對還是錯的感覺。做錯事時，它常會讓你感到內疚，也會促使你去做正確的事。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

通常用單數，如 'a guilty conscience'、'have a clear conscience'、'on your conscience'。它指的是道德判斷，不是一般的意識狀態，不要和 'consciousness' 或 'being conscious' 混淆。

Examples

His conscience told him to return the money.

他的**良心**告訴他要把錢還回去。

I have a clear conscience.

我**良心**無愧。

She could not lie without hurting her conscience.

她一說謊就會傷害自己的**良心**。

My conscience wouldn't let me ignore what happened.

我的**良心**不允許我對發生的事視而不見。

You can pretend it doesn't matter, but your conscience will catch up with you.

你可以假裝這沒什麼，但你的**良心**遲早會找上你。

I can't take this job and keep a clean conscience.

我不能接受這份工作還保持**良心**無愧。