contrition

英

美

n.  真诚悔罪，悔悟

GRE

BNC.33381 / COCA.20856

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 深感懊悔的;痛悔的;悔悟的
  If you arecontrite, you are very sorry because you have done something wrong.
  1. She was instantly contrite. 'Oh, I am sorry! You must forgive me.'
     她马上就懊悔了。“哦，我很抱歉！你一定要原谅我。”

英英释义

noun

• sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
  Synonym:attritioncontriteness

双语例句

• In 2009, he expressed contrition for the past in a speech in November, he said: We participated in things that were clearly wrong and have reason to regret.
  2009年，贝兰克梵表达了对过去的悔悟在11月份的一次演讲中，他表示：我们参与了明显错误的事情，有理由感到后悔。
• It can afford for now to avoid the level of contrition shown by Rio Tinto last week.
  就目前而言，它尚能避免上周力拓（riotinto）所展现的那种后悔。
• He will express some contrition for the war, though perhaps not enough for the taste of some in congress.
  他还会对那场战争表达一定程度的悔恨，不过可能不足以令美国国会的部分人满意。
• Mr Diamond may think he has done his penance. But such acts of contrition as there might have been have escaped the notice of just about everyone else.
  戴蒙德可能认为他已进行了自我惩罚，但几乎其他所有人都没有注意到此类悔意（如果它们真的存在的话）。
• Japan's relations with its Asian neighbors have often been poor because of tokyo's lack of contrition for its aggression and harsh colonial rule in the first half of the20th century.
  20世纪上半叶，由于日本政府对其过去的侵略行为和残酷的殖民统治毫无悔意，所以日本与亚洲邻国的关系一直很差。
• Contrition cannot define a political order.
  悔罪并不能决定政治秩序。
• Far from showing any hint of contrition, it insisted that an apology should come from the South for halting tourist visits to Mount Kumgang.
  北方不但没有一丁点的“悔罪”表现，还坚持说应该道歉的是南方，因为他们暂时禁止了南方棒子们去金刚山驴游。
• Zhong has since apologized, but the public are not convinced by his contrition.
  钟继祥称此事属实，但已经道歉，不过公众认为他并没有诚意。
• He sank to his hunkers, murmured an Act of Contrition in his dying rapist's ear and bashed in what was left of his face with the rock.
  他坐下来，在那个垂死的强奸犯的耳边说着要他悔悟的话，用那块石头继续在他脸上猛击。
• You need to show contrition.
  你必须变现出忏悔。