- You experience guilt when you feel bad about doing something wrong or committing some offense. Guilt is also the state of having committed the offense — it's the opposite of "innocence."
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- n. 犯罪，过失；内疚
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1. 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。
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2. Many survivors were left with a sense of guilt.
许多幸存者都有内疚感。
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3. an admission of guilt
承认有罪
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4. His guilt was proved by the prosecution.
他的罪行已被原告证实。
- guilt (n.) Old English gylt "crime, sin, moral defect, failure of duty," of unknown origin, though some suspect a connection to Old English gieldan "to pay for, debt," but OED editors find this "inadmissible phonologically." The -u- is an unetymological insertion. In law, "That state of a moral agent which results from his commission of a crime or an offense wilfully or by consent" [Century Dictionary], from early 14c. Then use for "sense of guilt," considered erroneous by purists, is first recorded 1680s. Guilt by association recorded by 1919.
- guilt (v.) "to influence someone by appealing to his sense of guiltiness," by 1995, from guilt (n.). Related: Guilted; guilting. Old English also had a verbal form, gyltan (Middle English gilt), but it was intransitive and meant "to commit an offense, act criminally."
guilt / ɡɪlt ; NAmE ɡɪlt / noun , verb guilt guilts noun [uncountable ] 1 guilt(about sth) the unhappy feelings caused by knowing or thinking that you have done sth 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 2 the fact that sb has done sth illegal 犯罪；罪行；有罪 ◆ His guilt was proved beyond all doubt by the prosecution. 他的罪行已被原告证实确凿无疑。 ◆ an admission of guilt 承认有罪 OPP innocence 3 blame or responsibility for doing sth wrong or for sth 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。 ▶ guilt·less / ; NAmE / adjective IDIOM a ˈguilt trip ( informal) things you say to sb in order to make them feel guilty about sth 使人内疚的责备 ◆ Don't lay a guilt tripon your child about schoolwork. 别让你孩子对学业自责不迭。 verb PHRASAL VERB ˈguilt sb into sth/into doing sth ( informal) to make sb do sth by persuading them that it is wrong not to do it 诱导某人做某事（使其认为不做不对） ◆ I only went because she guilted me into it. 我是受到她的蛊惑才去的。 guilt / ɡɪlt ; NAmE ɡɪlt / guilt·less / ; NAmE /
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