1. We have followed the dictates of our consciences and have done our duty. 我们凭良心做事,尽了我们的职责。
2. His gratitude for their gifts had always smote their consciences before—it cut deeper than ever, this time. 他对他们礼物的感激之情,以前总是刺痛他们的良心——这次比以往任何时候都要深。
3. Children aren't born knowing how to say "I'm sorry"; rather, they learn over time that such statements appease parents and friends and their own consciences. 孩子并不是生来就知道如何说“对不起”;相反,随着时间的推移,他们才明白这样的表达能安抚父母、朋友和自己的良心。
4. Many people soothe their consciences by purchasing only free-range fowl and eggs, blissfully ignorant that "free range" has very little practical significance. 许多人只买自由放养的家禽和鸡蛋,以此来安抚自己的良心,幸福地忽视了“自由放养”几乎没有实际意义。