a feeling that prevents you from doing something that you think may be morally wrong (道德上的)顾忌,顾虑 I overcame my moral scruples. 我抛开了道德方面的顾虑。 He had no scruples about spying on her. 他肆无忌惮地暗中盯着她。 She is totally without scruple. 她完全无所顾忌。
Word Originlate Middle English: from French scrupule or Latin scrupulus, from scrupus, literally ‘rough pebble’, (figuratively) ‘anxiety’.