penitent
英 ['penɪt(ə)nt]
美['pɛnətənt]
- adj. 忏悔的，悔过的
- n. 悔罪者，忏悔者
词态变化
复数: penitents;
助记提示
1、penit- + -ent.
中文词源
penitent 悔罪的，忏悔的
来自拉丁语paenitere,感到遗憾，感到歉意，可能来自poena,惩罚，处罚，补偿，弥补，词源同pain,penal,punish.引申词义悔罪，忏悔。
英文词源
- penitent (adj.)
- mid-14c., from Old French pénitent (14c.) and directly from Latin paenitentem (see penitence). As a noun, late 14c., from the adjective.
双语例句
- 1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She is deeply penitent.
- 她深感愧疚。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. I have grown neither humble nor penitent by what has passed.
- 这段时间发生的事情并未使我变得谦卑,也未使我后悔.
来自辞典例句
- 4. They all appeared very penitent, and begged hard for their lives.
- 他们一个个表示悔罪, 苦苦地哀求饶命.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Those who were penitent obtained absolution.
- 悔过者获得了赦免.
来自辞典例句