mass noun
1- the fact of having committed a specified or implied offence or crime犯罪; 有罪; 过失：
it is the duty of the prosecution to prove the prisoner's guilt.
证明犯人有罪是控方的责任。
1.1
- a feeling of having committed wrong or failed in an obligation内疚; 不安：
he remembered with sudden guilt the letter from his mother that he had not yet read.
想到母亲的信还未读, 他心中突然感到内疚。
with obj.
- informal short for GUILT-TRIP.〈非正式〉GUILT-TRIP的简称：
Celeste had been guilted into going by her parents.
塞莱斯特的父母用使她感到内疚的办法让她去了。
短语
guilt by association
- guilt ascribed to someone not because of any evidence but because of their association with an offender共犯。
词源
Old English gylt, of unknown origin.