qualm

qualm

英 [kwɑːm; kwɔːm]
　　美 [kwɑm]

n. 疑慮；不安

中文詞源：

qualm 顧慮，不安

來自古英語cwealm,死亡，謀殺，折磨，詞源同kill,quell.引申詞義有死亡危險的，恐懼的，後詞義弱化為顧慮，不安。

例句：

1. Did she see her husband as capable of murder? She had used the word without a qualm.
她覺得自己的丈夫可能殺人嗎？在使用這個字眼的時候，她沒有絲毫的不安。

2. Hurstwood suffered a qualm of body as the car rolled up.
當電車開上前時,赫斯渥渾身感到一陣不安.

3. The doctor seemed seized with a qualm of faintness.
博士顯得好象一陣眩暈發作.

4. Lastly she arrived at the tresses and felt a qualm of disgust.
最後,她看到提到頭發的那一句,心裡覺得一陣惡心.

5. They never know that exam make us qualm and dissatisfaction.
他們永遠也不會知道,考試令我們感到忐忑不安及不滿.