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qualm

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++qualm /kwɑːm $ kwɑːm, kwɑːlm/ noun [countable usually plural]  WORRIEDa feeling of slight worry or doubt because you are not sure that what you are doing is right 疑虑,不安,担忧 Despite my qualms, I took the job. 尽管有些疑虑,我还是接受了那份工作。 The manager has no qualms about dropping players who do not perform well. 对于放弃那些表现不好的队员,主教练并无不安。
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qualmWe protected ourselves without a qualm.Doctors expressed qualms about the ethics of the treatment.Politicians may have qualms about subsidizing profitable businesses owned by multimillionaires.Jeske has no qualms about coming to Grand Forks and operating an event center that has no proven track record.Chambers hoped to reconcile those readers with religious qualms to the general idea of transmutation.has ... qualms aboutJeske has no qualms about coming to Grand Forks and operating an event center that has no proven track record.
qualm nounChinese
worry or feeling of a Corpus doubt slight


qualm
qualm /kwɑːm $ kwɑːm, kwɑːlm/ noun [countable usually plural]
a feeling of slight worry or doubt because you are not sure that what you are doing is right:
    Despite my qualms, I took the job.
    The manager has no qualms about dropping players who do not perform well.


qualmBrE /kwɑːm/ 🔊NAmE /kwɑːm/ 🔊BrE /kwɔːm/ 🔊NAmE /kwɔːm/ 🔊 noun [usually plural] ~ (about sth) a feeling of doubt or worry about whether what you are doing is right (对自己行为的)顾虑,不安 SYN misgiving He had been working very hard so he had no qualms about taking a few days off. 他一直辛勤工作,所以休息几天他觉得心安理得。🔊🔊