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

• 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。
• 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）。
• 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。
• By contrast, Mr Schmidt shows no contrition when responding to the recent court ruling in Italy convicting three top Google executives of criminal wrongdoing after its YouTube video website showed footage of a disabled boy being bullied by classmates.
  相比之下，对于最近意大利法庭以谷歌youtube视频网站播放一名残疾男孩遭同学欺负为由，裁定谷歌三名高管犯下刑事不法行为，施密特没有任何悔意。
• You need to show contrition.
  你必须变现出忏悔。
• Through her own contrition, Karen learned that she herself was weak and afraid.
  通过自我反省，凯伦意识到她自己也很脆弱、胆怯。
• Through a combination of vanity, greed and sheer incompetence, he presided over the biggest banking disaster in British history, to the great cost of the taxpayer and the British economy, and showed no practical contrition for having done so.
  由于他的自大、贪婪和无能透顶，导致了英国历史上最严重的一场银行业灾难，令纳税人和英国经济付出了惨重代价，而古德温对其所作所为没有表示出丝毫悔改之意。
• The act of communicating with a deity ( especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving).
  与神沟通的行为（尤其是请愿或者崇拜悔悟感恩）。
• If you can hear me, say the act of contrition.
  要是你听得见的话，一下忏悔文。