來自 shrive 的名詞形式，常見于習語 short shrift,短暫的懺悔，引申比喻義不理會，忽視，輕 視等。詞性演變比較 scribe,script.
英文詞源
shrift
shrift: see shrive
shrift (n.)
Old English scrift "confession to priest, followed by penance and absolution," verbal noun from scrifan "to impose penance," from an early Germanic borrowing of Latin scribere "to write" (see script (n.)) that produced nouns for "penance, confession" in Old English and Scandinavian (such as Old Norse skrjpt "penance, confession"), but elsewhere in Germanic is used in senses "writing, scripture, alphabet letter;" see shrive. Short shrift originally was the brief time for a condemned criminal to confess before execution (1590s); figurative extension to "little or no consideration" is first attested 1814.
雙語例句
1. The idea has been given short shrift by philosophers.
哲學家們并未怎么關注這一觀點。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He gave short shrift to criticisms of Government policy.
他毫不關心人們對政府政策所提出的批評.
來自辭典例句
3. All idle talk wasted our time and we should give It'short shrift.
所有的閑談浪費我們時間和我們將去給它短暫懺悔時間.
來自互聯網
4. These annoying memos will get short shrift from the boss.
老板不會認真對待這些令人討厭的備忘錄的.
來自互聯網
5. He is man condemned to a short shrift by his doctor.