guilt

guilt

英 [gɪlt]
　　美 [ɡɪlt]

n. 犯罪，過失；內疚

中文詞源：

guilt 有罪，自責，內疚

詞源不詳。可能來自guild, 付款，支付。引申義支付罰金，贖罪。

例句：

1. The drinking and the guilt fed on each other.
酗酒和犯罪彼此助長。

2. His creative drive has been strangled by his sense of political guilt.
他的創造欲望已被他的政治負罪感扼殺瞭。

3. Too many women are like me, guilt ridden about the kids.
很多女人都像我一樣，對孩子充滿瞭內疚。

4. She wanted some admission of guilt from her father.
她期待她父親能夠認罪。

5. I was too weighed down by guilt to eat the sweet.
我滿懷內疚，吃不下甜食。