contrition
英
美
n. 真诚悔罪，悔悟
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.- 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。”
- She was instantly contrite. 'Oh, I am sorry! You must forgive me.'
英英释义
noun
- sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
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。 - 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。 - By contrast, Mr Schmidt shows no contrition when responding to the recent court ruling in Italy convicting three top Google executives of criminal wrongdoing after its YouTube video website showed footage of a disabled boy being bullied by classmates.
相比之下，对于最近意大利法庭以谷歌youtube视频网站播放一名残疾男孩遭同学欺负为由，裁定谷歌三名高管犯下刑事不法行为，施密特没有任何悔意。 - 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。 - 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）。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - It can afford for now to avoid the level of contrition shown by Rio Tinto last week.
就目前而言，它尚能避免上周力拓（riotinto）所展现的那种后悔。