Language Point 40
Self-respect and a clear conscience are powerful components...(Para. 14)
conscience: n. the sense of right and wrong
Let your conscience be your guide.
憑你的良心辦事。
Her guilty conscience made her confess to her crime.
她的犯罪感使她供認(rèn)了自己的罪行。
component: n. a necessary or essential part
A chemist can separate a medicine into its components.
化學(xué)家能分離出藥物的成分。
Most things are made of components. Some things have many components; some have only a few.
大多數(shù)東西由部件組成;有的東西含有很多個部件,有的則很少。