| 释义 |
guilt trip, n. colloq. (orig. U.S.).
Brit. |ˈgɪlt trɪp|, U.S. |ˈgɪlt ˌtrɪp|
[‹ guilt n. + trip n.1]
An episode of severe, often excessive or unjustified self-reproach, esp. one deliberately provoked by another person; a state of mind in which a person is preoccupied by overriding feelings of guilt. Also: an attempt to instil such feelings in a person. Freq. in to lay a guilt trip on.
1972J. Rossner Any Minute I can Split 174, I want to make it clear that nobody's sending me on any guilt trip over my money. 1978H. Selby Requiem for Dream 147 You start laying guilt trips on me and I don't need it, okay? 1984C. Boylan Last Resorts xiv. 159 Mum, don't lay a guilt trip on us. 1995J. F. Garner Once upon more Enlightened Time 13 Ever the master of the guilt-trip, he finally said, ‘And this is how you kids repay me?’ 2001Jerusalem Post (Electronic ed.) 1 May 10 Everyone in my family has a tendency toward manipulative behavior, but it's going beyond that. I can't begin to describe the guilt trip each one separately is laying on me! |