conscience /ˈkɔnʃəns/ n. ［c］ & ［u］良心，天良：act according to conscience 凭良心办事； have/feel a guilty conscience 感到内疚，扪心自问 A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.［谚］不做亏心事不怕鬼敲门。A good conscience is a soft pillow.［谚］问心无愧，高枕无忧。in all/good conscience不心虚：You couldn’t, in all conscience, ask her to pay the whole bill!你不能堂而皇之地要她把全部账单付了。(be/weigh)on one’s conscience有负罪感：I ignored an old woman who asked me for money in the street yesterday, and it’s been on my conscience ever since. 昨天在街上一个老太太向我要钱我没有理她，打那时起我一直有一种负罪感。