mea culpa

名词 n. 动词 v. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An instance of mea culpa; an apology.
    — For Example, when St. Anthony ſaid his Confiteor, which he did often enough, all the Spectators fell down on their Knees, and gave themſelves ſuch rude Mea Culpa’s as was enough to beat the breath out of their Bodies.
动词 v.
  1. To apologize for something, especially excessively. ambitransitive
    — When it was over and he grew tired of not being invited to the good parties on the Vineyard, he mea culpa’ed his way back into the good graces of the liberals who’d abandoned old LBJ years earlier.
感叹词 intj.
  1. My fault, due to my error; I am to blame.

词形变化

mea culpas plural mea culpae plural meis culpis plural mea culpa's present,singular,third-person mea culpa'ing participle,present mea culpa'ed participle,past mea culpa'ed past

词源

词源 1
From the Latin phrase meā culpā (“through my fault”), ablative case of mea culpa (“my fault, guilt”), taken from the Confiteor, a traditional penitential prayer in Western Christianity.
词源 2
From the Latin phrase meā culpā (“through my fault”), ablative case of mea culpa (“my fault, guilt”), taken from the Confiteor, a traditional penitential prayer in Western Christianity.
词源 3
From the Latin phrase meā culpā (“through my fault”), ablative case of mea culpa (“my fault, guilt”), taken from the Confiteor, a traditional penitential prayer in Western Christianity.
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