shrift

🇺🇸 /ʃrɪft/ 🇬🇧 /ʃrɪft/
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難度
標籤 TOP20000
noun
R

A quick confession or forgiveness given to someone, especially when they are dying.

The dying man asked for a priest to give him last rites and shrive him.

臨終的人請求一位神父給他最後的聖禮並赦免他。

R

Little attention or consideration given to someone's case or opinion.

She didn't give his argument much shrift, dismissing it as nonsense.

她對他的論點並不放在心上,將其視為胡說八道。

translation

n. 臨終懺悔, 漠視

詞形變化

Plural shrifts