shrift
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/ʃrɪft/
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/ʃrɪft/
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。
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。