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conscientious objector

/kon-shee-en-shuhsuhb-jek-ter, kon-see‐/US // ˌkɒn ʃiˈɛn ʃəs əbˈdʒɛk tər, ˌkɒn si‐ //

依良心拒服兵役者,依良心拒绝者,依良心反对者,拒服兵役者

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who refuses on moral or religious grounds to serve in the armed forces or to bear arms in a military conflict.

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Examples

  • “This is not about saving Christmas from the secularists, but rather from overly conscientious Christians,” Wilson writes.

  • Her preparation sounds like normal due diligence by a conscientious executive for the task in hand.

  • Early on, we had been conscientious about providing them with gender-neutral toys like blocks, balls, and puzzles.

  • Thus spoke countless, earlier generations of failed, though no doubt principled and conscientious, revolutionaries.

  • Ron, who was only 27 at the time, had been a conscientious objector.

  • I suppose he is sick of the sound of them, or perhaps it is because he feels obliged to be conscientious in teaching Beethoven!

  • Keen and canny, they drive a close bargain but, scrupulous and conscientious, fulfil it faithfully.

  • It proceeds neither from wrath, that is, from the fear of their wrath, nor from a conscientious sense of obligation to obey them.

  • Not much intellect, but most conscientious and as faithful as an old watch dog.

  • His master may be a man of some conscientious scruples; ours may be unmerciful.