詞彙精選：guilt的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
內疚，自責
例句：
Her emotions had ranged from anger to guilt in the space of a few seconds.
幾秒鐘的時間裏，她經歷了從憤怒到內疚的情感變化。
例句：
Some cancer patients experience strong feelings of guilt.
一些癌症病人懊悔不已。
犯罪，過失
例句：
That guilt, though it may attain temporal splendor, can never confer real happiness.
犯罪的人縱能榮耀一時，卻不能得到真正的幸福。
例句：
The truth of his guilt is beyond doubt.
他犯罪的事實是不可否認的。
二、詞義辨析：
crime,sin,guilt,offence,violation
這些名詞均含有“犯法，犯罪，罪惡”之意。crime指嚴重的違法行爲或罪行。sin主要指違反道德原則或違反宗教戒律的過失或罪過行爲。guilt多用於指違反道德或社會標準的不法行爲，含應予懲辦之意。這種懲辦是以證據爲根據的。offence使用廣，可泛指對任何規則、道德標準、法律、紀律等的違反與觸犯，其罪行可重可輕。violation指違背誓言、條約、規則以及良心等，也指侵犯權利。
三、相關短語：
guilt by association
牽連犯罪
四、參考例句：
Who needs more guilt Not me!
誰需要更多的罪惡？不是我！
Cooper had a heavy load of guilt for his wife.
庫伯對他的妻子懷有沉重的負疚感。
He wanted some admission of guilt from his brother.
他期望他哥哥能認罪。
The sense of guilt is the hallmark of civilized humanity.
犯罪感是文明人顯而易見的標誌。
The drinking and the guilt fed on each other.
酗酒和犯罪彼此助長。
The guilt of the accused man was in doubt.
被告的罪行有疑點。
He was filled with guilt at having failed his parents.
他因辜負了父母親而內心深感不安。
When confronted with evidence of his guilt,he confessed.
面對罪證，他供認不諱。
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.
我對這件事感到越來越內疚。
