If you are guilt-ridden, the guilty feeling is so strong that it sits on you and will not get off. You cannot park it to one side and think about other things; it keeps coming back.

If you如果你 are guilt-ridden是guilt-ridden, the guilty feeling那股罪惡感 is so strong強烈到 that it sits on you壓在你身上 and而 will not get off不肯離開。You你 cannot沒辦法 park it to one side把它放到一邊 and think about other things去想別的事; it它 keeps coming back會一直回來。

The second half, -ridden, is the same piece you meet in bedridden or debt-ridden: it paints a picture of being ridden, as a horse is ridden, by something that has you.

The second half後半段, -ridden「-ridden」, is the same piece跟...是同一個成分 you meet in bedridden臥床不起bedridden or debt-ridden或債務纏身debt-ridden 裡看到的: it它 paints a picture畫出的畫面是 of being ridden被騎著, as a horse is ridden就像馬被騎那樣, by something that has you被某個抓住你的東西。

The word is stronger than plain guilty. A person can feel a little guilty and still laugh at dinner; a guilt-ridden person is stuck inside the feeling.

The word這個字 is stronger than比單純的guilty更強 plain guilty單純的guilty。A person有人 can feel a little guilty可以只是有點內疚 and still仍然 laugh at dinner在晚餐時笑得出來; a guilt-ridden person而一個guilt-ridden的人 is stuck inside the feeling會困在那個感覺裡。

Writers like it because it is dramatic. In careful talk it describes people, faces, silence, even a whole country in political writing — though actually that last use is a stretch, a metaphor, not a courtroom claim.

Writers作家 like it喜歡用它 because it is dramatic因為它很戲劇化。In careful talk在講究的談話裡 it它 describes people, faces, silence可以形容人、臉，或沉默, even甚至 a whole country整個國家 in political writing在政治寫作裡 — though actually不過其實 that last use最後這個用法 is a stretch, a metaphor是一種延伸、一種比喻, not a courtroom claim不是法庭上的指控。

It is usually hyphenated: guilt-ridden.

It它 is usually hyphenated通常會加連字號: guilt-ridden「guilt-ridden」。