(1) ①conscious为形容词,意为“有意识的,神志清醒的,知道的,意识到的”,指某人能看见或听见并了解周围发生的事情,与of连用,其反义词是unconscious。
- I always get up at seven o'clock, but I'm not really conscious until eight.
我总是在7点钟起床,但直到8点钟才真正清醒。 - After the accident, she was unconscious for a week.
这场事故后,她昏迷了一周。
②在作“知道的,意识到的”解时,常与介词of连用或跟从句。
- He was very conscious of his own shortcomings.
他非常了解自己的缺点。 - Gradually I became conscious of a change in her.
我渐渐地意识到了在她身上所发生的变化。 - She was not conscious of what other people thought of her.
她并不知道别人会怎样看待她。 - I was profoundly conscious that I had to work harder to attain the object of my efforts.
我深知,为了达到我为之努力的目标,我必须要更加努力。
③conscious还有“自觉的,有意识的,有觉悟的”意思。
- Gain conscious familiarity with features of the English sound, grammar, vocabulary, and cultural systems.
要有意识地去熟悉英语语音、语法、词汇和文化体系的特点。
(2) consciousness是名词,表示“知觉,意识,觉悟”。
- Consciousness did not return to him until two hours after he was injured.
他受伤两小时后,才恢复意识。
(3) ①conscience为名词,意为“良心,良知,道德心”。
- Go your way according to your conscience , not caring about what people say.
按照你的良知走自己的路,不要在乎人们怎么说。 - I have a guilty conscience about forgetting to do that for you.
对于忘记为你做那事,我怀有一种负罪感。 - My conscience wouldn't allow me to work in your firm.
我的良知不允许我在你的公司里干。
②conscience常用于以下短语:
- go against one's conscience
违背自己的良心,昧着良心 - have a good/clear conscience
问心无愧 - have a bad/guilty conscience
感到内疚,心中有愧 - have sth. on one's conscience
因某事而内疚
(4) conscientious意为“认真的,负责的”。
- He likes young people to be conscientious with their work.
他喜欢对自己工作认真负责的年轻人。 - She was a very industrious and awfully conscientious girl.
她是一个非常勤劳、非常认真的女孩。