penitent

• adj. 忏悔的，悔过的
• n. 悔罪者，忏悔者

来自拉丁语paenitere,感到遗憾，感到歉意，可能来自poena,惩罚，处罚，补偿，弥补，词源同pain,penal,punish.引申词义悔罪，忏悔。

penitent (adj.)

mid-14c., from Old French pénitent (14c.) and directly from Latin paenitentem (see penitence). As a noun, late 14c., from the adjective.

1. Robert Gates sat before them, almost penitent about the past.

罗伯特·盖茨坐在他们面前，对过去的事几乎无颜以对。

来自柯林斯例句

2. She is deeply penitent.

她深感愧疚。

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3. I have grown neither humble nor penitent by what has passed.

这段时间发生的事情并未使我变得谦卑,也未使我后悔.

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4. They all appeared very penitent, and begged hard for their lives.

他们一个个表示悔罪, 苦苦地哀求饶命.

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5. Those who were penitent obtained absolution.

悔过者获得了赦免.

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