英语词汇“mea culpa”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	mea culpa
释义	‖ mea culpa\|ˈmeɪa ˈkʊlpa, ˈmiːa ˈkʌlpa\| [L., lit. ‘through my own fault’.] A phrase from the prayer of confession in the Latin liturgy of the Church; used lit. and transf. as an exclamation of repentance, and as the name of such an exclamation; also *mea maxima culpa. See confiteor. c1374Chaucer Troylus* (1894) ii. 525 Now, mea culpa, lord! I me repente.1602W. Watson Decacordon 40 Shall lay their hands a little heavier on their hearts with Mea maxima culpa.1818Lady Morgan Florence Macarthy IV. v. 208 Mingled a broken ave-maria and mea-culpa, in utter consternation and superstitious fear.1891E. Dowson Let. 7 Feb. (1967) 184 Today, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa, I have done nothing.1922Joyce Ulysses 279 He beat his hand upon his breast, confessing: mea culpa.1948R. Butler Words of Mass i. 10 The striking of the breast at the mea culpa is an emphatic recognition of guilt and expression of sorrow.1958Times 17 Oct. 17/1 Eisenstein made a public mea culpa at the time in the form of an open letter to the Committee.1960[see guilt-complex].1974‘D. Shannon’ Crime File (1975) v. 79 Mea culpa... We all do stupid things sometimes.
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