一、详细释义：


n.

内疚，自责


例句：

Her emotions had ranged from anger to guilt in the space of a few seconds.

几秒钟的时间里，她经历了从愤怒到内疚的情感变化。


例句：

Some cancer patients experience strong feelings of guilt.

一些癌症病人懊悔不已。


犯罪，过失


例句：

That guilt, though it may attain temporal splendor, can never confer real happiness.

犯罪的人纵能荣耀一时，却不能得到真正的幸福。


例句：

The truth of his guilt is beyond doubt.

他犯罪的事实是不可否认的。


二、词义辨析：


crime,sin,guilt,offence,violation

这些名词均含有“犯法，犯罪，罪恶”之意。 crime指严重的违法行为或罪行。 sin主要指违反道德原则或违反宗教戒律的过失或罪过行为。 guilt多用于指违反道德或社会标准的不法行为，含应予惩办之意。这种惩办是以证据为根据的。 offence使用广，可泛指对任何规则、道德标准、法律、纪律等的违反与触犯，其罪行可重可轻。 violation指违背誓言、条约、规则以及良心等，也指侵犯权利。


三、相关短语：


guilt by association

牵连犯罪


四、参考例句：


Who needs more guilt Not me!

谁需要更多的罪恶？不是我！


Cooper had a heavy load of guilt for his wife.

库伯对他的妻子怀有沉重的负疚感。


He wanted some admission of guilt from his brother.

他期望他哥哥能认罪。


The sense of guilt is the hallmark of civilized humanity.

犯罪感是文明人显而易见的标志。


The drinking and the guilt fed on each other.

酗酒和犯罪彼此助长。


The guilt of the accused man was in doubt.

被告的罪行有疑点。


He was filled with guilt at having failed his parents.

他因辜负了父母亲而内心深感不安。


When confronted with evidence of his guilt,he confessed.

面对罪证，他供认不讳。


The court absolved him of guilt in her death.

法庭赦免了他在她的死亡中所犯的罪。


I'm developing a guilt complex about this matter.

我对这件事感到越来越内疚。