「give pause」出自哪部电影？

这一页最上面的片段出自电影 Watchmen (2009)。

give pause

Watchmen (2009)里有一句：「Of course, my moral safeguards gave me pause at the necessary sacrifice.」

使认真考虑；使犹豫

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牛津电影里 100%
使认真考虑；使犹豫
to make sb think seriously about sth or hesitate before doing sth
Of course, my moral safeguards gave me pause at the necessary sacrifice.
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal coil, must give us pause.

释义来自《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》第 9 版

Of course, my moral safeguards gave me pause at the necessary sacrifice.

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