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| 1 | ashamed and sorry because you have done something wrong 愧疚的；负疚的 |
| You shouldn’ t feel guilty all the time – you’ ve done nothing to be ashamed of. 不要总是感到内疚，你并没有做任何不光彩的事。 |
| +about I still feel guilty about things I said to my mother when I was a teenager. 我至今还在为我十几岁时对妈妈讲的话感到内疚。 |
| guilty conscience (=a feeling that you have done something wrong) It was a clear sign that he had a guilty conscience. 内疚 |
| | 1a | a guilty fact is one that you feel guilty about 令人内疚的 | | There goes a man with a guilty secret. 那个人带着令他内疚的秘密离开了。 | |
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| 2 | legal someone who is guilty has committed a crime 有罪的；犯罪的 |
| find sb guilty/not guilty of sth (=officially decide that they are guilty/not guilty) He was found guilty of manslaughter. 判决某人罪名成立/罪名不成立 |
| plead guilty to sth (=say that you are guilty) Wright pleaded guilty to all charges. 就某事承认有罪 |
| | 2a | +ofsomeone who is guilty of something has done it 犯有…错误的；犯有…罪行的 | | Patrick knew that he was guilty of lying. 帕特里克知道自己撒谎是错误的。 | | This government is guilty of much talk and little action. 这届政府的问题是说得多，做得少。 | |
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| - | the guilty party
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| the person or people who have done something wrong |
| 犯罪的一方；有过错的一方 |
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| guiltily adv |
| A footstep in the doorway made her leap, guiltily, to her feet. 门口的脚步声使她内疚地一跳便站了起来。 |
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| Metaphor | | | | | | Being guilty is like being dirty , and being innocent is like being clean . Becoming more moral or getting rid of guilt is like washing . | | 有罪就如同是肮脏的(dirty)， 无辜就好比是干净的(clean)。 改邪归正就像在清洗(washing)。 | | That was a very dirty trick.那是个肮脏的把戏。
I don’ t want to know about your squalid activities.我不想知道你们那些肮脏的勾当。
Those with blood on their hands must be punished.那些手上沾满了鲜血的人一定要受到惩罚。
It is yet another stain/blot on his character.这是他性格中的另一个污点/缺点。
He made a clean breast of it.他完全供认了此事。
Her motives were pure, though nobody believed her.她的动机是纯洁的，不过没有人相信她。
My conscience is clear.我问心无愧。
They have a spotless reputation.他们的声誉没有任何污点。
You had better clean up your act.你最好检点自己的行为。
Let’ s wipe the slate clean and start again.让我们忘记过去，重新开始。
They washed their hands of the whole business.他们已经洗手不干了。
| | See also ->honest | | | |
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