名詞 qualm:

1. uneasiness about the fitness of an action
   同義詞：scruple, misgiving
2. a mild state of nausea
   同義詞：queasiness, squeamishness

1. Emma herself suffered from no such qualms, for she was certain that Mr. Elton was as much in love with Harriet as Harriet---through Emma's instigation---was with him.
   愛瑪自己倒是心安理得，因為她確信埃爾頓先生對哈里特十分鐘情，而哈里特——在她的鼓動之下——對他也有同樣的愛慕之心。
2. He had/felt no serious qualms about concealing the information from the police.
   他向警方隱瞞實情而并未感到十分不妥。

qualm

n.（名詞）
A sudden feeling of sickness, faintness, or nausea.
惡心，暈眩：突然感到惡心、眩暈或反胃的
A sudden disturbing feeling:
不安，疑慮：突然引起不安的感覺：
例句：
qualms of homesickness.
思鄉(xiāng)癥

An uneasy feeling about the propriety or rightness of a course of action.
憂慮，擔心：關(guān)于行為過程的適當或正確性的不安的感覺

來源：
[Origin unknown]
[起源不明]

【引伸】
qualm.ish
adj.（形容詞）
qualm.ishly
adv.（副詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>qualm,scruple,compunction,misgivingThese nouns denote a feeling of uncertainty about the fitness or correctness of an action.
這些名詞意味著對于行為的合適程度或正確程度的不確定而產(chǎn)生的感覺。
Qualm is a disturbing, often queasy feeling of uneasiness and self-doubt:
Qualm 是一種擾亂人心的，經(jīng)常是不安和自我懷疑的使人心神不安的感覺：
例句：
.an ignorant ruffianly gaucho, who . . . would . . . fight, steal, and do other naughty things without a qualm. (W.H. Hudson).
.那個愚昧殘暴的高楚牧人，他…總是…心安理得地打架、偷竊、以及做其他一些淘氣的事. (W·H·哈得孫）。

Scruple is an uneasy feeling arising from conscience or principle about the decency, propriety, or appropriateness of a course of action:
Scruple 是指由對行為過程的是非、得體或適當程度的道德或原則方面引起的一種心神不安的感覺：
例句：
.My father`s old-fashioned notions boggled a little at first to this arrangement . . . but his scruples were in the end overruled. (John Galt).
.對這項安排，我父親的老式觀念開始時猶豫了一陣，…但是最終他的不安被推翻了. （約翰·蓋特）。

Compunction implies a prick or twinge of conscience aroused by wrongdoing or the prospect of wrongdoing:
Compunction 表示由做錯事或可能做錯事的預(yù)感而引起的良心的刺痛或內(nèi)疚：
例句：
He stole the money without the slightest compunction.
他偷錢卻絲毫不感到良心受譴責。

Misgiving suggests often sudden apprehension:
Misgiving 表示經(jīng)常是突然的憂慮：
例句：
.The British Empire and the United States will have to be somewhat mixed up together . . . for mutual and general advantage.For my own part . . . I do not view the process with any misgivings. (Winston S. Churchill).
.大不列顛王國和美國將不得不在一定程度上混合在一起…因為兩者共同的和普遍的利益。對于我這方面…我不認為這個過程有任何疑慮. （溫斯頓·S·丘吉爾）