- 1盡責的、認真負責的；憑良心的（conscientious objector 在台灣稱「良心拒役者」）
A conscientious person is careful to do what they should — the whole job, not the easy half. They check their work, keep promises, and feel if they have been sloppy. It is a compliment: teachers write it on reports; bosses like conscientious staff. It is about duty and care, not about being clever. There is a second, related use: a conscientious is someone who refuses to fight in a war because their conscience — their inner sense of right and wrong — will not let them. That use is more about morals than about tidy homework. Though actually, people sometimes say conscientious when they only mean “hard-working”; a person can work long hours and still not be careful. The heart of the word is the conscience: you do the right thing even when nobody is watching.
From the word’s history
From Middle French conscientieux, from Medieval Latin cōnscientiōsus; see conscience.
源自中古拉丁文 cōnscientiōsus，和 conscience 有關。
組成From French conscientieux, from Latin cōnscientiōsus, built on conscience: con- “with” plus a root meaning “to know,” then -ous. Having a conscience — doing what that inner knowing says you should.
同家族的字
- consciencethe inner sense of right and wrong this adjective is built from
- consciousshares the Latin “know-with” pieces, but means awake or aware, not dutiful
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
conscientiousadj/ˌkɒn.ʃiˈɛn.ʃəs/
- 1
Thorough, careful, or vigilant in one’s task performance; painstaking.
- He was a thoughtful and conscientious worker.
- 2
Influenced by conscience; principled; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong (said of a person).
- The advice of wise and conscientious people.
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