| 单词 | guilt |
| 释义 | Word family noun guilt guiltiness adjective guilty guilt-ridden adverb guiltily Related topics: Lawguilt1 /ɡɪlt/ ●●○ noun [uncountable] 1 GUILTY/FEEL GUILTYa strong feeling of shame and sadness because you know that you have done something wrong 内疚，自责 He used to buy them expensive presents, out of guilt. 出于内疚，他以前总是给他们买昂贵的礼物。guilt about/at/over Don’t you have any feelings of guilt about leaving David? 你离开戴维难道就没有一点内疚吗？ He felt an enormous sense of guilt when he thought about how he’d treated her. 他想到自己那样对待她，心里非常歉疚。 I was racked with guilt at my part in making her this unhappy. 她这么不开心也有我的原因，我为此深感内疚。 Sometimes I felt little pangs of guilt. 有时候我也会有一点点的内疚。2 SCTthe fact that you have broken an official law or moral rule 犯罪，有罪；罪过，罪孽 OPP innocence He did not deny his guilt. 他没有否认自己有罪。3 BLAMEresponsibility and blame for something bad that has happened 责任，罪责guilt for Guilt for poorly behaved children usually lies with the parents. 孩子行为不良，责任通常在父母。4. be on a guilt trip informalGUILTY to have a feeling of guilt about something when it is unreasonable 怀有负疚感5 lay a guilt trip on somebody American English informal to make someone feel bad about something 使某人感到内疚 I wish my parents would stop laying a guilt trip on me for not going to college. 我希望父母不要因为我没上大学而老是让我觉得难受。n COLLOCATIONSverbshave guiltI had a lot of guilt about what had happened.feel guiltShe didn’t feel any guilt; she had done nothing wrong.be consumed with/racked with/overwhelmed by guilt (=feel very guilty)Later he was horrified that he had hit her, and was racked by guilt.assuage somebody’s guilt formal (=make someone feel less guilty)She died before I got there, and there was nothing I could do to assuage my guilt and regret.phrasesa feeling/sense of guilt (also guilt feelings)I had a permanent feeling of guilt that I didn't see Mum and Dad as often as I should.a pang/twinge/stab of guiltRichard felt a pang of guilt, knowing that he had forgotten her birthday.a burden of guilt (=a strong feeling of guilt)Many children feel a burden of guilt when their parents divorce, believing that they have caused the separation.guilt + NOUNa guilt complex (=when you cannot stop feeling guilty, although it is unnecessary)Some of the survivors developed a guilt complex. Why had they lived when others had died?adjectivescollective guilt (=guilt shared by each member of a group or society)Should we feel some kind of collective guilt for what happened in the past? n THESAURUSguilt the feeling you have when you have done something you know is wrongDivorce often leaves people with feelings of guilt.shame the feeling of being guilty or embarrassed that you have after doing something that is wrong, when you feel you have lost people’s respectI was too scared to help him, and I was filled with shame.regret a feeling of sadness about something, especially because you wish it had not happenedKate watched her go with a pang of regret.remorse a strong feeling of being sorry for doing something very bada murderer who showed no remorsecontrition formal a feeling of being guilty and sorry for something wrong that you have doneThe company CEO expressed contrition for the errors that led to the crash.He sounded full of contrition.They wanted to perform some kind of act of contrition (=do something that shows you feel sorry for something ).penitence formal a feeling of being sorry for something that you have done wrong, when you do not intend to do it againHe expressed genuine penitence at the harm he had done her.a period of reflection and penitenceconscience the part of your mind that tells you whether what you are doing is morally right or wrongMy conscience has been troubling me ever since.Examples from the Corpusguilt• Guilt can be a very destructive emotion.• I hear his words but am too exhausted by guilt and remorse to answer.• Wanda Kaczynski is plagued by guilt.• Burrows makes me feel slightly less guilty, and the less guilt, the better-for me and the children.• People often have feelings of guilt after a divorce.• Poor little Sophie would by now be suffering pangs of guilt for her behaviour towards me.• Or had she cut her wrists in a paroxysm of guilt?• From expectation, responsibility, guilt?• The juror was sure of the defendant's guilt.• Most of the guilt for his poor academic performance lies with him.• The guilt that deprived her of her solitary pleasures had not been helpful to her children.pangs of guilt• Sometimes I felt little pangs of guilt, but my manager quickly talked me out of that.• Poor little Sophie would by now be suffering pangs of guilt for her behaviour towards me.• Men too suffer the pangs of guilt - although they have not yet become as expert as women.guilt2 verb 1 guilt somebody into something phrasal verb American English informal to make someone feel guilty, so they will do what you want 使〔某人〕产生内疚而去做〔某事〕guilt somebody into doing something Her parents guilted her into not going to the concert. 她父母让她觉得内疚而不去听音乐会。→ See Verb tableOrigin guilt1 Old English gyltguilt1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1 →n THESAURUS1guilt2 verbLDOCE OnlineChinese feeling and shame a strong of sadness Corpus |
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