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

• Rather smile to shed tears also don't cry to say penitence!
  宁愿笑着流泪，也不哭着说后悔！
• 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。
• 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。
• Was it but the mockery of penitence?
  难道只是对仟悔加以嘲弄吗？
• 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 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；
• Repentant "Noble"," Noble "Repentance& Re-Probe of A Superfluous Remark; of or relating to penitence or penance.
  忏悔的“贵族”“贵族”的忏悔&再论瞿秋白《多余的话》属于或关于悔罪或忏悔的。
• '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。
• Here had been her sin; here, her sorrow; and here was yet to be her penitence.
  这里有过她的罪孽，这里有过她的悲伤，这里也还会有她的忏悔。
• 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。