guilt
gb/ɡˈɪlt/ us/ɡˈɪlt/
B1
อังกฤษ
~ 4100
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำนาม
B1
state
1
Feeling of wrongdoing
A bad feeling you have when you think you did something wrong or hurt someone.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[someone] feels guilt about [something]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'guilt' (the feeling) with 'guilty' (the adjective). 'I have guilt' is correct for the noun, while 'I feel guilty' uses the adjective.
คำพ้องความหมาย
remorse (Stronger and more focused on regret for harm done to others.)
คำตรงข้าม
innocence (The state of having done nothing wrong, morally or legally.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
feel guilt
|sense of guilt
|overcome guilt
|deep guilt
|carry guilt
หัวข้อ
emotions
|psychology
|daily life
|relationships
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- She couldn't shake the guilt she felt after lying to her friend.
- His eyes were full of guilt when he confessed.
- The letter was written in a tone of deep guilt and regret.
- Guilt washed over him as he remembered the accident.
- Her guilt was obvious to everyone in the room.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- I feel guilt when I tell a lie.
- He had guilt after he broke the window.
- She could not hide her guilt from her parents.
- The man felt guilt about taking the money.
- They talked about their guilt together.
คำนาม
B2
state
2
Responsibility for wrongdoing
The state of being responsible for breaking a law or doing something wrong.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[someone's] guilt in [something]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes use 'guilt' instead of 'guilty' when describing a person: say 'He is guilty', not 'He is guilt'.
คำพ้องความหมาย
culpability (More formal, often used in legal or official contexts.)
คำตรงข้าม
blamelessness (The state of being free from blame or responsibility for wrongdoing.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
prove guilt
|admit guilt
|deny guilt
|determine guilt
|presume guilt
หัวข้อ
law
|ethics
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- The jury must decide on the defendant's guilt or innocence.
- There was no evidence to prove his guilt.
- She admitted her guilt in court.
- His guilt was clear from the surveillance footage.
- The trial focused on whether his guilt could be established beyond doubt.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The police tried to prove his guilt.
- She denied her guilt in the crime.
- They could not find proof of his guilt.
- The man admitted his guilt to the judge.
- We must decide his guilt or innocence.
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guilt
IPA
GB/ɡˈɪlt/
US/ɡˈɪlt/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
guilt (1 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (guilt)
รูปคำ
Noun
- Base: guilt
- Plural: guilt, guilts
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
วลีและสำนวน
admit guilt
1/ədmˈɪt ɡˈɪlt/
fixed phrase
Confess wrongdoing openly
To say that you did something wrong or illegal.
ตัวอย่าง
- He finally admitted his guilt in the matter.
- The suspect refused to admit guilt.
feel guilty about
1/fˈil ɡˈɪlti əbˈaʊt/
fixed phrase
Have bad feelings over wrongdoing
To have a bad feeling because you think you did something wrong.
ตัวอย่าง
- I feel guilty about forgetting his birthday.
- She felt guilty about lying to her parents.
guilt trip
1/ɡˈɪlt tɹˈɪp/
idiom
informal
Make someone feel guilty to influence them
To make someone feel bad about something so they will do what you want.
ตัวอย่าง
- Don't give me a guilt trip about missing the party.
- She used a guilt trip to get him to visit more often.
overcome guilt
1/ˈoʊvɚkˌʌm ɡˈɪlt/
fixed phrase
Stop feeling guilty after wrongdoing
To stop feeling bad about something wrong you did.
ตัวอย่าง
- It took years for him to overcome his guilt.
- Therapy helped her overcome her guilt about the past.
sense of guilt
1/sˈɛns əv ɡˈɪlt/
fixed phrase
Awareness of wrongdoing causing emotion
A strong feeling that you did something wrong.
ตัวอย่าง
- She carried a constant sense of guilt after the accident.
- His sense of guilt made him avoid his friends.