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penitent
时间: 2024-05-05 06:55:57
GRE
英 [ˈpɛnɪt(ə)nt]
美 [ˈpɛnətnt]

adj. 悔罪的;悔过的;忏悔的;表示悔罪的

n. 悔罪者;悔过者;忏悔者;赎罪者

双语例句
  • It was hard to be angry with him when he looked so penitent.

    当他看起来那么懊悔时 很难对他发火

  • The man and the child, the penitent and the innocent, felt that they must kneel.

    老人和孩子,忏悔者和无罪者,都感到应当跪下。

  • Robert Gates sat before them, almost penitent about the past.

    罗伯特·盖茨坐在他们面前,对过去的事几乎无颜以对。

  • 49we feel in England. Penitent thief.

    49我们英国人觉得……悔悟的窃贼。

  • Those who were penitent obtained absolution.

    悔过者获得了赦免。

  • A penitent cell would have been your home long ago.

    一间悔过房早就应该成为你的住所了。

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词根 penitent

  • penitentiary adj. 应处监禁的;监禁的;忏悔的(等于penitential) n. 监狱;教养所;宗教裁判所

  • penitential adj. 赎罪的;后悔的;悔罪的 n. 悔罪规则书;悔罪者

  • penitence n. 后悔;赎罪

释义
adj.

feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentant

悔罪的,悔过的;忏悔的;表示悔罪的

  • a penitent expression.

    表示悔过的表情。

n.

a person who repents their sins or wrongdoings and (in the Christian Church) seeks forgiveness from God

悔罪者,悔过者;(基督教的)忏悔者。

(in the Roman Catholic Church)a person who confesses their sins to a priest and submits to the penance that he imposes

(罗马天主教的)赎罪者。

词源

"Middle English: from Old French, from Latin paenitent- ‘repenting', from the verb paenitere."

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