| 词组 | guilt |
| 释义 | guilt /ɡɪlt/ noun 1. the feeling you have when you have done something you know is wrongverbshave/feel guilt She didn’t feel any guilt; she had done nothing wrong. | I had a lot of guilt about what had happened.be consumed with/racked with/overwhelmed by guilt (=feel very guilty) After he hit his son he was racked with guilt.assuage sb’s guilt formal (=make someone feel less guilty) I was not there when he died, and there was nothing I could do to assuage my guilt.guilt + nounsa guilt complex (=when you cannot stop feeling guilty, although it is unnecessary) Some of the survivors developed a guilt complex about living when others had died.a guilt trip informal (=an unreasonable feeling of guilt) My parents like to give me a guilt trip about not studying enough at college.adjectivescollective guilt (=guilt shared by each member of a group or society) Should we feel some kind of collective guilt for what our country did in the past?parental/maternal guilt (=guilt that a parent or mother feels) Maternal guilt stopped her going back to work after her baby was born.prepositionsguilt over/about sth He felt some guilt over the accident.out of guilt (=because you feel guilty) I think he married her out of guilt.without guilt Now the children are older, we can take time to relax without guilt.phrasesa feeling/sense of guilt 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 guilt (=a sudden feeling of guilt) Richard felt a pang of guilt for forgetting her birthday.a burden of guilt (=a strong feeling of guilt) Many children feel responsible when their parents divorce, and carry a burden of guilt.THESAURUS: 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 respect: I was filled with shame for what I had done. | To my shame, I never offered to help (=used when you feel ashamed because you did or did not do something). | There is a sense of shame for what happened during the war. regret a feeling of sadness about something, especially because you wish it had not happened: Kate watched her go with a feeling of regret. | I have no regrets about what happened. | In his speech, he expressed deep regret for the deaths. remorse a strong feeling of being sorry for doing something very bad: The murderer showed no remorse for what he had done. contrition formal a feeling of being guilty and sorry for something wrong that you have done: The company CEO expressed contrition for the errors that led to the crash. | At his trial 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 again. Penitence is often used in religious contexts, about someone who wants to show God that they realise they have committed many sins: He lived his remaining forty years in prayer and penitence. | St Francis preached the importance of penitence. conscience the part of your mind that tells you whether what you are doing is morally right or wrong: My conscience has been troubling me ever since. | I don't want his death on my conscience (=I don't want to feel that I was responsible for it). | Dolly also slept soundly, with nothing on her conscience. 2. the fact that you have committed a crime or done something wrongverbsadmit your guilt Athletes who are caught using drugs rarely admit their guilt.deny your guilt He has always denied his guilt.prove sb’s guilt Lawyers said Jackson’s behaviour after the killing was enough to prove his guilt.phrasesan admission of guilt (=something that you say or do, which shows you know that you have done something wrong) His resignation was seen as an admission of guilt.evidence of guilt Silence should not be used as evidence of guilt.ANTONYMS → innocence (1) |
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