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mea culpa
來源
Mea culpa, Latin for “through my fault,” comes from the prayer in the Catholic mass in which, back when Latin was still the language of the mass, one would confess to having sinned “mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa” (“through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault”). [From Merriam-Webster’s Vocabulary Builder]
解釋
When we say “Mea culpa” today, it means “I apologize” or “It was my fault.” But mea culpa is also common as a noun. So, for instance, a book may be a long mea culpa for the author’s past treatment of women, or an oil company may issue a mea culpa after a tanker runs aground.” [From Merriam-Webster’s Vocabulary Builder]
不同來源例句
The principal said his mea culpa at the school board meeting, but not all the parents were satisfied.
校長在董事會上承認(rèn)了錯誤，但是并不是所有家長都滿意。
Merriam-Webster’s Vocabulary Builder
“Most of all, we need to make a ‘mea culpa,’ and turn the page, because there’s a game to win now.”
我們最重要的是認(rèn)錯，而后掀開新的一頁，因為我們要贏得下面的比賽。
Washington Times
His mea culpa was manly, but it could not change the result.
他的道歉很爺們兒，但是不能改變結(jié)果。
New York Times(Mar 24, 2015)
He explained in his mea culpa the consequences of his decision not to build a statistical model.
他在他的道歉中解釋了不建立統(tǒng)計模型這個決定的后果。
Washington Post(Oct 31, 2016)
She added a mea culpa that suggests that she knows the depth of the trust problem that has dogged her throughout this campaign.
從她追加的致歉中可以看出她清楚在整個競選中困擾她的信任問題的深度。
Washington Post(Jun 28, 2016)
Yet many leaders, including the key foreign ministers meeting Saturday, have also conceded that to some extent, the E.U. needs to offer a mea culpa.
然而，很多領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人，包括周六會晤的重要的外長，也承認(rèn)在一定程度上，歐盟需要道歉。
Washington Post(Jun 26, 2016)
Not only did she have to deliver the biggest mea culpa in NASA’s history, every second of it would be remembered forever.
她不僅得做出美國宇航局歷史上最大的道歉，它也會被永久的記住。
Literature(Feb 22, 2016)
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