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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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）。
• 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。