| 词组 | guilty |
| 释义 | guilty /ˈɡɪlti/ adjective 1. if someone is guilty of a crime or doing something wrong, they did it, and they should be punished for itverbsfind sb guilty (=decide that someone is guilty) He was found guilty of murder.declare sb guilty (=say that someone is guilty) The jury declared the defendants guilty on all charges.prove sb guilty A person is regarded as innocent until they are proved guilty.plead guilty (=say in court that you committed a crime) The men pleaded guilty to the robbery.nounsa guilty man/woman The guilty men will go to prison for a long time.the guilty party (=the person or people who made something bad happen) She appeared to be the guilty party, so everyone blamed her.a guilty verdict (=a decision that someone is guilty) Simpson escaped a guilty verdict in his criminal trial.a guilty plea (=a statement to a court, in which someone admits they are guilty of a crime) In exchange for his guilty plea, the government dropped the other charges against him.prepositionsguilty of sth The soldiers were guilty of war crimes.THESAURUS: guilty responsible used when saying who should be blamed for something bad that has happened: Police believe a local gang is responsible for the burglaries. | As manager, he is ultimately responsible for the failure of the project. | The other driver was partly responsible for the accident. be to blame if someone is to blame for a bad situation, they are responsible: The government is partly to blame for the crisis. | If anything goes wrong, it’s never him that is to blame. culpable /ˈkʌlpəbəl/ formal responsible for something bad or illegal, so that you deserve to be blamed or punished: The people who helped the terrorists are equally culpable for what happened on July 7th. | He pleaded guilty to culpable homicide (=being guilty of causing someone’s death). negligent /ˈneɡlɪdʒənt/ responsible for something bad that has happened, because you did not take enough care, or you did not try to stop it from happening - used especially when a court or official group has decided that someone should be punished because of this: The court decided that the railway company was negligent. | The hospital authorities were grossly negligent (=extremely negligent, especially in a way that deserves to be severely punished). be in the wrong to be responsible for an accident, mistake etc – used when deciding which person, group etc should be blamed: The other driver was clearly in the wrong. | She always thinks it’s me who is in the wrong. incriminatingevidence | documents | information | material | photograph used about things which seem to show that someone is guilty of a crime: She and her husband tried to hide any incriminating evidence. | I was terrified because I had on me a number of incriminating documents. | He didn’t want to say anything incriminating.ANTONYMS → innocent2. if you feel guilty, you feel sorry or ashamed because you think you have done something wrongverbsfeel guilty I feel guilty about leaving my family.make sb feel guilty She’s always trying to make other people feel guilty.look guilty Lisa looked a little guilty.nounsa guilty feeling I had a guilty feeling that somehow I was responsible for what happened.a guilty conscience (=guilty feelings, because you regret doing something) He had a guilty conscience and decided to give them back the money.a guilty secret (=something that you feel bad about, which you do not tell other people about) She must have carried that guilty secret all her life.a guilty pleasure especially humorous (=something that you enjoy, even though you know you should not do it) She says her guiltiest pleasure is eating chocolate cookies.prepositionsguilty about sth Do you ever feel guilty about what you did? |
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