guilt
noun /ɡɪlt/
/ɡɪlt/
[uncountable]Idioms - guilt (about something) the unhappy feelings caused by knowing or thinking that you have done something wrong
内疚；悔恨 - She had feelings of guilt about leaving her children and going to work.
她因离开自己的孩子去工作而感到内疚。 - Many survivors were left with a sense of guilt.
许多幸存者都有内疚感。 - a guilt complex (= an exaggerated sense of guilt)
内疚情结
Topics Feelingsc1- He had no feelings of guilt over what he had done.
他对自己的所作所为毫不感到内疚。 - I knew that the next day I would be consumed with guilt.
我知道第二天我会充满负罪感。 - It helped him bear the guilt he felt.
这有助于他承受负罪感。 - Talking to her helped to assuage my guilt.
和她交谈减轻了我的负罪感。 - These actions are merely intended to assuage white liberal guilt.
这些举动只是为减轻白人自由主义的负罪感而已。 - They feel a sense of collective guilt for the Holocaust.
他们对纳粹大屠杀都有一种集体负罪感。 - You needn't feel any guilt about me.
你用不着因为我而内疚。 - the burden of guilt that she carried with her
她所承受的良心谴责 - It's important to differentiate between a healthy conscience and a guilt complex.
区分健康的良心和负罪感很重要。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- intense
- overwhelming
- terrible
- …
- pang
- twinge
- bear
- carry
- be consumed with
- …
- overwhelm somebody
- wash over somebody
- consume somebody
- …
- complex
- feelings
- trip
- …
- guilt about
- guilt at
- guilt over
- …
- a burden of guilt
- a feeling of guilt
- a sense of guilt
- …
- She had feelings of guilt about leaving her children and going to work.
- the fact that somebody has done something illegal
犯罪；罪行；有罪 - His guilt was proved beyond all doubt by the prosecution.
他的罪行已被控方证实确凿无疑。 - Do you think this statement amounts to an admission of guilt?
你认为这份声明是否等于承认犯错？
Topics Law and justicec1- It might be difficult to prove his guilt.
要证明他的罪行可能很难。 - Many of the accused would deny their guilt to the magistrates.
许多被告会在地方法官面前否认自己有罪。 - I took his silence as an admission of guilt.
我认为他沉默就是承认自己有错。
Collocations Dictionaryverb + guilt- admit
- confess
- deny
- …
- lie
- an admission of guilt
- proof of guilt
- His guilt was proved beyond all doubt by the prosecution.
- blame or responsibility for doing something wrong or for something bad that has happened
罪责；责任；罪过 - The investigation will try to find out where the guilt for the disaster really lies.
此调查将尽力查出灾难的真正责任所在。 - There is no doubt as to where the guilt lies.
罪责在哪一方面是毫无疑问的。
Collocations Dictionaryverb + guilt- admit
- confess
- deny
- …
- lie
- an admission of guilt
- proof of guilt
- The investigation will try to find out where the guilt for the disaster really lies.
词源Old English gylt, of unknown origin.
Idioms
a guilt trip
- (informal) things you say to somebody in order to make them feel guilty about something
使人内疚的责备 - Don't lay a guilt trip on your child about schoolwork.
别因为功课责备孩子而使他觉得很内疚。 - She was trying to lay a guilt trip on me.
她想方设法说些让我感到内疚的话。
- Don't lay a guilt trip on your child about schoolwork.