guilty conscience

基本解釋

Although no one was injured,I have a guilty conscience and ...
雖然沒(méi)人受傷，我還是感到內(nèi)疚并且...
But the recipients of their largesse are unlikely to care if the donors are motivated by altruism, public relations or a guilty conscience.
但不論捐贈(zèng)者是因?yàn)槔髁x的動(dòng)機(jī),還是因?yàn)楣碴P(guān)系的需要,或者是良心的愧疚而捐贈(zèng),對(duì)于受贈(zèng)者來(lái)說(shuō),這一切都無(wú)所謂。
If the Old World invariably prefers guilt to responsibility, it is because the first is less burdensome; so one puts up with a guilty conscience.
如果歐洲因?yàn)閮?nèi)疚比負(fù)責(zé)任少一點(diǎn)負(fù)擔(dān)而持續(xù)傾向于內(nèi)疚的話，那人們就永遠(yuǎn)忍受著問(wèn)心有愧的煎熬。

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