penitent
英 ['pen?t(?)nt]
美['p?n?t?nt]
- adj. 懺悔的，悔過的
- n. 悔罪者，懺悔者
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?penitents;
助記提示
1、penit- + -ent.
中文詞源
penitent 悔罪的，懺悔的
來自拉丁語paenitere,感到遺憾，感到歉意，可能來自poena,懲罰，處罰，補償，彌補，詞源同pain,penal,punish.引申詞義悔罪，懺悔。
英文詞源
- penitent (adj.)
- mid-14c., from Old French pénitent (14c.) and directly from Latin paenitentem (see penitence). As a noun, late 14c., from the adjective.
雙語例句
- 1. Robert Gates sat before them, almost penitent about the past.
- 羅伯特·蓋茨坐在他們面前，對過去的事幾乎無顏以對。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She is deeply penitent.
- 她深感愧疚。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. I have grown neither humble nor penitent by what has passed.
- 這段時間發生的事情并未使我變得謙卑,也未使我后悔.
來自辭典例句
- 4. They all appeared very penitent, and begged hard for their lives.
- 他們一個個表示悔罪, 苦苦地哀求饒命.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Those who were penitent obtained absolution.
- 悔過者獲得了赦免.
來自辭典例句