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

• China and South Korea have long called for Japanese leaders to show more contrition for the occupation of their countries before and during the second world war.
  长期以来，中国和韩国一直在呼吁日本领导人对二战前和二战期间日本对其国家的占领行为展现出更多悔罪态度。
• 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。
• 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。
• If you can hear me, say the act of contrition.
  要是你听得见的话，一下忏悔文。
• Antinomianism makes the great mistake of insisting that God uses the gospel, not the law, to work contrition and to give guidance for Christian living.
  反律法主义的重大错误在于极力强调神以福音（非律法）促成罪人的悔改、指导基督徒的生活。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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）。