Shrift

(noun.) the act of being shriven.

安迪编辑

• If I judged them I'd give them short shrift! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Thy penitents, father, have made a long shrift--it is the better for them, since it is the last they shall ever make. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• She whispered her avowal; her shrift was whispered back; she returned consoled. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• There is probably short shrift for the old at the squatting-place. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Then it would mean short shrift for me. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.

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