单词 | guilty |
释义 | guilty (once / 134 pages) adj Someone guilty has done something wrong or illegal. And when you do something wrong, you feel guilty — bad or sorry — about it. The police are responsible for finding out who’s guilty of a crime so they can be arrested, convicted, and punished. But you can also be guilty of smaller, more legal things, like cheating on a test, breaking the rules of a game, or thinking awful things. If you’ve done it, then you’re guilty of it: so if someone asks if you have a crush on your swim instructor, you can say “guilty!” WORD FAMILYguilty: guiltier, guiltiest, guiltily, guiltiness+/guilt: guiltless, guilts, guilty/guiltless: guiltlessly, guiltlessness USAGE EXAMPLESOnce they’re inside, it becomes extraordinarily difficult to try the guilty or release those who are no longer a threat. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Mr Tsang pleaded not guilty to three charges of bribery and misconduct, relating to a luxury flat in China. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Roof was found guilty on 33 federal charges, including hate crimes and obstruction of the practice of religion. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act guilty of murder the guilty person secret guilty deeds Syn|Ant inculpative, inculpatory causing blame to be imputed to at faultdeserving blame blamable, blameable, blameful, blameworthy, censurable, culpabledeserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious bloodguiltyguilty of murder or bloodshed chargeable, indictableliable to be accused, or cause for such liability conscience-smittenaffected by conscience criminalguilty of crime or serious offense delinquentguilty of a misdeed finable, fineableliable to a fine guilt-riddenfeeling or revealing a sense of guilt punishableliable to or deserving punishment red-handedin the act of committing a crime or other reprehensible act unrighteousnot righteous clean-handed, guiltless, innocent free from evil or guilt exculpatoryclearing of guilt or blame absolved, clear, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicatedfreed from any question of guilt acquitted, not guiltydeclared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless blameless, inculpable, irreproachable, unimpeachablefree of guilt; not subject to blame righteouscharacterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice 2adj showing a sense of guilt a guilty look Syn hangdog, shamed, shamefaced ashamed feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse |
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