shrift的意思|shrift的解释-里氏词典

shrift [ʃrift]

n. 忏悔, 临终忏悔, 招认, 承认

[法] 忏悔, 赦免, 临终忏悔

shrift

[ noun ]
the act of being shriven
<noun.act>

Shrift \Shrift\, n. [OE. shrift, schrift, AS. scrift, fr.
scr[=i]fan to shrive. See {Shrive}.]
1. The act of shriving.

In shrift and preaching is my diligence. --Chaucer.

2. Confession made to a priest, and the absolution consequent
upon it. --Chaucer.

Have you got leave to go to shrift to-day? --Shak.

Therefore, my lord, address you to your shrift,
And be yourself; for you must die this instant.
--Rowe.

{Shrift father}, a priest to whom confession is made.

But the oilmen may get short shrift from an administration enjoying the macro-economic tonic of low oil prices. It is no surprise that consuming countries are winners from low oil prices while producers feel the pain.
Mr Britton gives short shrift to 'oil-shock' explanations of the worldwide slowdown after 1973, citing evidence that the direct impact was small.
The adult aspects of the story tend to get short shrift, although it was an amusing idea to have Sarastro's throne growing out of the tree of knowledge.
A proposal by President Francois Mitterrand for an Ecu100bn (Pounds 77.6bn) loan to fund public works and so create jobs is also likely to be given short shrift.
About the only outfit we've gotten short shrift from is the national Father's Day Council." Ted Kaufman, executive director of the non-profit council based in New York, said he doesn't dispute that the town held the church service honoring fathers.
He does it so well, in fact, that he makes Long too affable, giving short shrift to the ruthlessness with which he virtually suspended the democratic process in Louisiana in the 1920s and '30s.
But the State Department warmed to Shevardnadze's proposal on European bases, which also got short shrift from the White House earlier in the week.
Many of the subsidiary characters are well played but given short shrift, especially Kevin Anderson as the girl's boyfriend.
The intent was to strip tax benefits from welfare plans that are generous to company owners and senior executives but give short shrift to other employees.
In this article, I was alleged to have said, "Any patient with high-risk colon cancer is really getting short shrift if he's not getting this therapy."
But Mr. Brennan, who has been criticized by investors for focusing on the company's financial service operations and giving short shrift to retailing, clearly intends to get more involved in the core business.
Newcomers may not get in. Walk-in writers get short shrift. The story runs that Krizia herself was refused entry and so she decided to build her own hotel.
Numbed by rising violence and overwhelmed by drug offenses, the system regularly gives short shrift to all but the most serious crimes.

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