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

• Making matters worse, there's a gender'apology gap ': Men and women have different approaches and different expectations when it comes to acts of contrition.
  更糟糕的是，在不同的性别之间还存在着“道歉代沟”：当遇到后悔不迭的事情时，男性和女性会采用不同的方式，也会有不同的期待。
• 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。
• 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。
• Over the years, a procession of Japanese prime ministers has expressed contrition for colonial rule and wartime aggression.
  多年来，一届又一届日本首相就该国的殖民统治和战争侵略行为表达了忏悔之意。
• 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。
• 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。
• While expressing contrition, Rupert Murdoch exonerated all the senior executives who ran the UK business during the relevant period, including Rebekah Brooks, her predecessor, Les Hinton, and James Murdoch himself.
  尽管表达了懊悔情绪，但默多克认为在事发期间负责集团英国业务的所有高管都没有责任，其中包括丽贝卡布鲁克斯（rebeccabrooks）、她的前任莱斯辛顿（leshinton）、以及詹姆斯本人。
• Well, you bring them back and make your act of contrition.
  那好吧，你把它们放回去以表示你的忏悔。
• 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）。
• 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。