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peccavi

/pe-key-vahy, -vee, -kah-vee/US // pɛˈkeɪ vaɪ, -vi, -ˈkɑ vi //UK // (pɛˈkɑːviː) //

你在犯罪,你犯了罪,你是在犯罪,你在犯错

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pec·ca·vis.

    • : a confession of guilt or sin.

Examples

  • I meant to pouch my winnings and go straight to my wife and say, 'Peccavi,' and I should hear her say to me, 'Go and sin no more.'

  • When conscience lashed he had no instinct to shrink away and make excuse; instead, he cried "Peccavi!"

  • Tibi soli peccavi, et malum coram te feci: ut justificeris in sermonibus tuis et vincas cum judicaris.

  • They cry joyfully, non peccavi, which is the modern formula for confession.

  • According to Punch the news of the battle was transmitted to headquarters in one word: "Peccavi."