penitence
英 [ˈpenɪtəns]
美 [ˈpenɪtəns]
n. 忏悔; 悔罪; 愧疚
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
双语例句
- 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。 - He ezpressed his penitence for what he had done.
对他的所作所为他表示悔过。 - However, the subjective factors in other category of personal danger, which are ordinary conduct, penitence behavior, can affect criminal liability at a different extent, so personal danger is the basis of heavy or light criminal liability.
但犯罪构成以外的那些属于人身危险性范畴的主观因素如平时表现、悔罪表现等，不同程度地影响刑事责任的大小，因此人身危险性是刑事责任大小的根据之一。 - Of penitence, there has been none!
可是悔过呢，还一点没有！ - 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。 - 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 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。 - '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。 - He does not know, for no one can, of my infinite penitence and sickness of the heart.
他不知道（谁都不可能知道），我的无限悔恨和厌倦。 - Was it but the mockery of penitence?
难道只是对仟悔加以嘲弄吗？