penitence
英 ['pen?t(?)ns]
美
- n. 后悔；贖罪
助記提示
1、penit- + -ence.
中文詞源
penitence 悔罪，懺悔
來自penitent,悔罪的，懺悔的。
英文詞源
- penitence
- penitence: see pain
- penitence (n.)
- c. 1200, from Old French penitence (11c.) and directly from Latin paenitentia "repentance," noun of condition from paenitentum (nominative paenitens) "penitent," present participle of paenitere "cause or feel regret," probably originally "is not enough, is unsatisfactory," from paene "nearby, almost."
雙語例句
- 1. The thief expressed penitence for all his past actions.
- 那盜賊對他犯過的一切罪惡表示懺悔.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 2. Of penitence, there has been none!
- 可是悔過呢, 還一點沒有!
來自英漢文學 - 紅字
- 3. Was it but the mockery of penitence?
- 難道只是對懺悔加以嘲弄 嗎 ?
來自英漢文學 - 紅字
- 4. Is there no reality in the penitence thus sealed and witnessed by good works?
- 你這樣大做好事來彌補和證實你的悔過,難道還不是真心誠意,實實在在的 嗎 ?
來自英漢文學 - 紅字
- 5. Here had been her sin; here, her sorrow; and here was yet to be her penitence.
- 這里有過她的罪孽, 這里有過她的悲傷, 這里也還會有她的懺悔.
來自英漢文學 - 紅字