词源趣谈 | give someone short shrift 漠不关心、漠然置之

give someone short shrift指对他人不耐烦、鲁莽。比如：

• The new Labor Party seems to accept closer European integration with enthusiasm and to give left-wing extremists short shrift.
  英国工党似乎乐于接受欧洲一体化，但对左翼极端分子则漠然置之。

起初，该短语指即将被公开处决的人，give that person short shrift 即允许此人在被处决前进行简短的忏悔并获得宽恕。

Shrove Tuesday（忏悔节，大斋期首日的前一天）中的shrove 与 shrift（忏悔）有关；shrift 出自动词 shrive（忏悔、同意赦免）。