mea culpa

mea culpa

美 [?me?? ?k?l?pɑ] 　英 [?me?? ?k?lp?]

• int.是我的錯；是我的責任
• 網絡我的過失；我的過錯；認錯

英漢雙解

英漢解釋

na.	1. 〈外〉(這是)我的過失

英英解釋

int.	1. used for saying that something is your fault

例句

The fashion industry has yet to invent the ideal attire for that lose-lose position: on stage with a spouse delivering a mea culpa.

時裝業還未發明出那種適宜于兩敗俱傷情境下理想的著裝：舞臺上的一方配偶通過著裝宣告是“我之過失”。

Economists have shown that companies offering a mea culpa to disgruntled customers fare better than ones offering financial compensation.

經濟學家已經發現，向不滿的客戶承認自己犯下過失比做出經濟賠償的公司發展得要更順利。

he beat his hand upon his breast , confessing : mea culpa.

用手捶胸，懺悔著：“我的罪過。”

The current mea culpa comes in the form of an internet video addressing Chinese fans.

這是剛剛公布的菲爾普斯通過互聯網向中國粉絲道歉的視頻。

Moreover, when companies then issue a mea culpa and lower their forecasts, disappointed investors will hammer the price of their shares.

另外，當企業隨后宣布失誤，降低他們的預測目標，那么失望的投資者會打壓這些企業的股價。

Japanese officials have repeatedly apologized in recent years, but Beijing still insists on a written mea culpa from the Japanese.

最近幾年日本官員不斷道歉，但中國仍然堅持要求日本以書面形式承認其所犯的錯。

Guo, however, made a tearful public mea culpa, saying, "I belong to the country. "

然而郭晶晶含淚做了自我檢討，并說“我服從祖國安排”。

Mr Zuckerberg's latest mea culpa is unlikely to be his last.

扎克伯格先生最近的認錯估計不會是他最后一次的“我錯了”。

The economics profession, which was responsible for it, does not do mea culpa (you may have noticed).

對此負有責任的經濟學界，并未認錯（你可能已經注意到了）。

This is why, in spite of the attendant embarrassment, Mattel's mea culpa prompted a rise in its stock price rather than a fall.

美泰的道歉盡管令其尷尬，但其股價不跌反漲，其中原因就在于此。

I wrote a mea culpa warning, which I mailed to everyone in my address book: Don't click on that attachment!

我寫了一封道歉郵件，發給地址簿里的每一個聯系人，警告他們“別點擊附件！”

Dimon's mea culpa is more than matched by Donald Kohn's 'come to Jesus' statements highlighted in today's Financial Times

戴蒙的道歉與周三《金融時報》（FinancialTimes）報道的唐納德?科恩“走近耶穌”的聲明堪稱絕配