compunction: [14] Etymologically, to do something ‘without compunction’ means literally to do it without one’s conscience pricking. The word comes via Old French componction from late Latin compunctiō, a derivative of compungere ‘prick hard’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and pungere ‘prick’ (source of English puncture and pungent). => puncture, pungent
compunction (n.)
mid-14c., from Old French compunction (12c., Modern French componction), from Late Latin compunctionem (nominative compunctio) "remorse; a pricking" (of conscience), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin compungere "to severely prick, sting," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + pungere "to prick" (see pungent). Used in figurative sense by early Church writers. Originally a much more intense feeling, similar to "remorse," or "contrition."
双语例句
1. He has no compunction about relating how he killed his father.
他在讲述自己杀害父亲的过程时，没有感到丝毫的内疚。
来自柯林斯例句
2. She felt no compunction about leaving her job.
她对自己的辞职一点儿也不感到懊悔。
来自《权威词典》
3. He felt a kind of compunction.
他感到几分内疚.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. She kept me waiting without the slightest compunction.