| 单词 | mea maxima culpa |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(mea culpa, mea culpa) mea maxima culpa Used as an exclamation or statement acknowledging one's guilt or responsibility for an error; also in (mea culpa, mea culpa) mea maxima culpa [ < post-classical Latin mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa, traditional form of the same phrase in the Confiteor, usually translated as ‘through my own fault, through my own fault, through my most grievous fault’ (compare maximum n.)] . ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [phrase] mea culpaa1225 peccavi1509 society > faith > worship > parts of service > confession > [noun] > phrase from mea culpaa1225 a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 15 (MED) Swa ic habbe ibien full of euele þohtes. Wa me þas! Mea culpa. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 36 Seggeð. ear þen he parti mea culpa. a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) ii. 525 Now, mea culpa, lord! I me repente. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xiii. Direct. 31 Quhar that I haue my tyme superexpendit, Mea culpa, God grant I may amend it. 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 40 Shall lay their hands a little heavier on their hearts with Mea maxima culpa. 1842 R. H. Barham Ingoldsby Penance! in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 102 But he swallow'd it down, by an effort, again, And his Holiness luckily fancied his gulp a Mere repetition of O, meâ culpâ! 1891 E. Dowson Let. 7 Feb. (1967) 184 Today, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa, I have done nothing. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xi. [Sirens] 272 He beat his hand upon his breast, confessing: mea culpa. 1929 E. Linklater Poet's Pub iii. 52 Mea maxima culpa... You do well to rebuke me. 1974 ‘D. Shannon’ Crime File (1975) v. 79 Mea culpa... We all do stupid things sometimes. 1992 I. Rankin Strip Jack (1993) xi. 249 ‘You haven't had a proper lock fitted yet.’ ‘Mea culpa, Inspector. Fear not, one's on its way.’ < as lemmas |
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