guilt trip noun
plural guilt trips
plural guilt trips
Learner's definition of GUILT TRIP
[count] informal
: a feeling of guilt that you get when someone suggests that you have done something wrong or that you are not doing something that you should（因他人责备引发的）内疚，愧疚 -
“I guess you're just too busy to call.” “I don't need the guilt trip, Mom. If you want me to call more often, just say so.”“我想，你只是太忙了，没时间打电话。”“妈妈，别这样说，这样说会使我有负罪感。如果你想让我常打电话，就直接跟我说。”
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The speaker laid/put a (big) guilt trip on us [=tried to make us feel bad or sorry] by describing in detail how much waste the average American generates.演讲人详细描述了普通美国人产生的垃圾量，试图让我们感到愧疚。