(1) sin指“(违反宗教律条、习俗、常理或道德的)罪及过失”。

• Immoral acts such as telling a lie, stealing and murder are all sins .
  像说谎、偷盗和谋杀这些不道德的行为都是罪过。
• It's a sin to give the children so much homework on such a fine day.
  在这么一个好天里给孩子们这么多家庭作业简直是罪过。

 (2) ①crime指“违犯法律、为法律所不容的重罪”。

• It is the business of the police to prevent and detect crime and of the law courts to punish crime .
  预防和侦破犯罪是警察的职责，惩罚犯罪是法院的职责。
• Figures released last year showed that crimes in the economic field had increased sharply in the previous year.
  去年公布的数据表明：在上一年，经济领域的犯罪急剧增加。

②crime也表示“愚昧或错误的行为，不该做的事，罪过”，这时与sin可换用。

• It's a crime to waste so much food/to stay indoors on such a beautiful day/to let the children go out on such a cold, wet night.
  浪费这么多食物/在这么一个好天里待在屋里/在如此寒冷、潮湿的夜晚让孩子们外出简直是罪过。

 (3) ①guilt是“犯罪，有罪，罪状”，指“犯罪、负罪的状态”。一个人是否犯了罪(crime)，须经证明，才能判定，故guilt暗含需要证实、确定的意味。

• He was arrested as a murder suspect, but he was released, as his guilt couldn't be established.
  他作为谋杀嫌疑犯被逮捕，但由于无法证实其罪行而被释放了。
• At first he tried to conceal his guilt , but later, in the face of lots of evidence he had to admit it.
  起初他试图隐瞒罪行，但后来在大量的证据面前他不得不承认了。
• The judge lacked sufficient evidence to establish the suspect's guilt .
  法官缺少足够的证据来证实嫌疑人的罪行。

②guilt还表示“罪责，内疚感”。

• That boy behaved badly, but the guilt lay with his parents, who had copped out of their responsibilities for caring about his behaviour.
  那个孩子举止粗鲁无礼，但过错却在他父母身上，他们未履行对其行为进行管教的责任。
• Nothing could erase the guilt from his conscience.
  任何事情都无法消除他良心上的负疚感。

 (4) delinquency指“过失，失职；违法，犯罪”，作“犯罪”解时，尤指青少年犯罪。

• Measures must be taken to curb juvenile delinquency .
  必须采取措施遏制青少年犯罪。

 (5) offence也可表示“罪，犯法，罪过”，指触犯法纪或行为规则的行为，因此又作“冒犯，令人讨厌或生气的事”解。

• He was charged with a serious offence .
  他被指控犯了重罪。
• For what offence was he arrested?
  他犯了何罪而被逮捕？
• Don't make so much noise — it's an offence to the neighbors.
  不要弄出那么多噪声——这是令邻居们讨厌的事情。
• You needn't be angry with him, he meant no offence by that remark.
  你不必跟他生气，他说那话没什么恶意。