| 单词 | sorry book |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSorry Book Sorry Book n. (also with lower-case initials) originally and chiefly Australian (a) a book signed by prisoners or young offenders, as an acknowledgement of crimes committed (rare); (b) a book in which regret is expressed for the past oppression, persecution, or subjugation of one nation, ethnic group, etc., by another; esp. in the context of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia (cf. Sorry Day n.). ΚΠ 1990 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 3 May 9/8 He'd free 50 precent of his prisoners tomorrow..: ‘I will personally select them, they will sign the sorry book and there will be no appreciable increase in the crime rate.’ 1998 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 4 May 17 Many thousands of people..have already signed the ‘Sorry Books’ that are travelling around the country. 2006 Santa Fe New Mexican (Nexis) 4 Aug. c1 These are the contents of a ‘sorry book’, bound pages meant to capture the condolences of Santa Fe residents for the U.S. bombing of Japan during World War II. 2008 A. Rufus Stuck 184 ‘I am very sorry that as a young adult and teacher I did not teach the truth about our aboriginal friends. I am really very sorry,’ wrote a signer in one Sorry Book. < as lemmas |
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