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
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."
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