英语词源
short (give someone short shrift )
give someone short shrift指对他人不耐烦、鲁莽。如：
The politician gave his hecklers short shrift when they interrupted him.
这位政治家对起哄者打断他的讲话很不耐烦。
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）。
——摘自《单词的历史：英语词源漫谈》
