penitence

英 [ˈpenɪtəns]

美 [ˈpenɪtəns]

n.  忏悔; 悔罪; 愧疚

法律

BNC.34361 / COCA.31695

牛津词典

noun

• 忏悔；悔罪；愧疚
  a feeling of being sorry because you have done sth wrong

柯林斯词典

• 悔过；忏悔；愧疚
  Penitenceis sincere regret for wrong or evil things that you have done.

英英释义

noun

• remorse for your past conduct
  Synonym:repentancepenance

双语例句

• The period beginning on the fourth Sunday before Christmas, observed by many Christians as a season of prayer, fasting, and penitence in preparation for Christmas.
  从圣诞节前第四个星期日开始的一段时间，许多基督教徒在此期间祈祷，斋戒及忏悔以迎接圣诞节的到来。
• 'It is never too late,'said Rose,'for penitence and atonement.'
  “仟悔和赎罪永远也不会嫌晚。”露丝说道。
• Slight, meeting the Gu be cold penitence in the dark night.
  藐视它，只会在黑夜里孤寒后悔。
• Most chapters of The Collection of Three Leaves by Guo Moruo are the expressions of the writer ′ s miserable penitence.
  《三叶集》大部分篇幅是郭沫若矛盾痛苦心灵的忏悔。
• The message, she thought, would be one of affectionate penitence to her father.
  信息，她想，那准是对父亲的充满感情的忏悔。
• The third part is "penitence and regression& returning family".
  第三部分忏悔与回归&回家；
• The thief expressed penitence for all his past actions.
  那盗贼对他犯过的一切罪恶表示忏悔。
• The strong sense of penitence made him eager for perfect personality.
  一方面浓重的忏悔意识使他企慕完美人格；
• This morbid meddling of conscience with an immaterial matter betokened, it is to be feared, no genuine and steadfast penitence, but something doubtful, something that might be deeply wrong, beneath.
  把良心和一件无关紧要的事情病态地联系在一起，恐怕并不能说明真心实意的仟悔，其背后可能有些颇值怀疑和极其荒谬的东西。
• He ezpressed his penitence for what he had done.
  对他的所作所为他表示悔过。