guilty conscience

基本解释

Although no one was injured,I have a guilty conscience and ...
虽然没人受伤，我还是感到内疚并且...
But the recipients of their largesse are unlikely to care if the donors are motivated by altruism, public relations or a guilty conscience.
但不论捐赠者是因为利他主义的动机,还是因为公共关系的需要,或者是良心的愧疚而捐赠,对于受赠者来说,这一切都无所谓。
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.
如果欧洲因为内疚比负责任少一点负担而持续倾向于内疚的话，那人们就永远忍受着问心有愧的煎熬。

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