/gɪlt ||; gɪlt/noun [U]:
1 guilt (about/at sth) the bad feeling that you have when you know that you have done sth wrong 内疚;自责: I sometimes had a sense of guilt about not spending more time with my children. 我没有花更多的时间跟孩子们在一起,有时候觉得很内疚。
2 the fact of having broken a law 犯罪;有罪: We took his refusal to answer questions as an admission of guilt. 他拒绝回答问题,我们把这看作是他承认有罪。 [OPP] innocence 反义词为innocence
3 the responsibility for doing sth wrong or for sth bad that has happened; the blame for sth 责任;罪责: It's difficult to say whether the guilt lies with the parents or the children. 是父母不对还是孩子不对,这个很难说。