not scruple to do somethingliteraryDISHONEST to be willing to do something even though it may be wrong or may upset people 毫无顾忌地做某事 They did not scruple to bomb innocent civilians. 他们毫无顾忌地轰炸无辜平民。
not scruple to do something• They did not scruple to bomb innocent civilians.• Dumont does not scruple to show the naked corpse, left on the edge of a ploughed field.
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