scruple
Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedientHesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience; moral qualm.
» He has no scruples about lying.
Он не стесняется врать.
Значение
значений: 5Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience; moral qualm.
Skrupel
A weight of ¹⁄₂₈₈ of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).
a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
A Hebrew unit of time equal to ¹⁄₁₀₈₀ hour.
(шире, устаревшее)A very small quantity; a particle.
(устаревшее)A doubt or uncertainty concerning a matter of fact; intellectual perplexity.
Примеры
предложений: 15He has no scruples about lying.
Он не стесняется врать.
I admire your scruples, Tom.
He tried to overcome his scruples.
deEr versuchte, seine Skrupel zu überwinden.
Some people have no scruples whatsoever.
deManche Menschen haben keinerlei Skrupel.
Some people are completely without scruple.
deManche Menschen haben keinerlei Skrupel.
Переводы
языков: 5По значениям 1
Происхождение
From Old French scrupule, from Latin scrūpulus (“(literally) a small sharp or pointed stonFrom Old French scrupule, from Latin scrūpulus (“(literally) a small sharp or pointed stone; uneasiness of mind, anxiety, doubt, trouble; scruple”) and scrūpulum (“one twenty-fourth of an ounce”), diminutives of scrūpus (“a rough or sharp stone; anxiety, uneasiness”); perhaps akin to Ancient Greek σκύρος (skúros, “the chippings of stone”), from ξυρόν (xurón, “razor”), from ξύω (xúō, “to scrape”), from Proto-Indo-European *ksew-. Doublet of escropulo and escrupulo.
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