penitence

英 [ˈpenɪtəns]

美 [ˈpenɪtəns]

n.  忏悔; 悔罪; 愧疚

法律

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
  Synonym:repentancepenance

双语例句

• Was it but the mockery of penitence?
  难道只是对仟悔加以嘲弄吗？
• The third part is "penitence and regression& returning family".
  第三部分忏悔与回归&回家；
• At the moment, I have penitence pole.
  此刻，我后悔极了。
• The strong sense of penitence made him eager for perfect personality.
  一方面浓重的忏悔意识使他企慕完美人格；
• 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 thief expressed penitence for all his past actions.
  那盗贼对他犯过的一切罪恶表示忏悔。
• 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。
• The pattern of restorative judicature differs greatly from the pattern of traditional retributive justice, which takes great advantage of the criminal's penitence, repentance, and the victim's pardon.
  恢复性司法模式与传统报应性司法模式有很多不同特点，它把犯罪人的悔恨、忏悔和被害人的宽恕作为重要因素。
• 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。
• Of penitence, there has been none!
  可是悔过呢，还一点没有！