penitence
英 [ˈpenɪtəns]
美 [ˈpenɪtəns]
n. 忏悔; 悔罪; 愧疚
BNC.34361 / COCA.31695
牛津词典
noun
- 忏悔；悔罪；愧疚
a feeling of being sorry because you have done sth wrong
柯林斯词典
- 悔过；忏悔；愧疚
Penitenceis sincere regret for wrong or evil things that you have done.
英英释义
noun
- remorse for your past conduct
双语例句
- Never regret, penitence emotions than you do wrong thing more terrible, because it will destroy your self-confidence and self-esteem and may well get you to do something more something wrong.
不要后悔，后悔的情绪比你所做错的事更可怕，因为这会摧毁你的自信，自尊以及很可能让你去做一件更错的事。 - The pattern of restorative judicature differs greatly from the pattern of traditional retributive justice, which takes great advantage of the criminal's penitence, repentance, and the victim's pardon.
恢复性司法模式与传统报应性司法模式有很多不同特点，它把犯罪人的悔恨、忏悔和被害人的宽恕作为重要因素。 - The strong sense of penitence made him eager for perfect personality.
一方面浓重的忏悔意识使他企慕完美人格； - The period beginning on the fourth Sunday before Christmas, observed by many Christians as a season of prayer, fasting, and penitence in preparation for Christmas.
从圣诞节前第四个星期日开始的一段时间，许多基督教徒在此期间祈祷，斋戒及忏悔以迎接圣诞节的到来。 - The message, she thought, would be one of affectionate penitence to her father.
信息，她想，那准是对父亲的充满感情的忏悔。 - Of penitence, there has been none!
可是悔过呢，还一点没有！ - However, the subjective factors in other category of personal danger, which are ordinary conduct, penitence behavior, can affect criminal liability at a different extent, so personal danger is the basis of heavy or light criminal liability.
但犯罪构成以外的那些属于人身危险性范畴的主观因素如平时表现、悔罪表现等，不同程度地影响刑事责任的大小，因此人身危险性是刑事责任大小的根据之一。 - Was it but the mockery of penitence?
难道只是对仟悔加以嘲弄吗？ - He does not know, for no one can, of my infinite penitence and sickness of the heart.
他不知道（谁都不可能知道），我的无限悔恨和厌倦。 - This morbid meddling of conscience with an immaterial matter betokened, it is to be feared, no genuine and steadfast penitence, but something doubtful, something that might be deeply wrong, beneath.
把良心和一件无关紧要的事情病态地联系在一起，恐怕并不能说明真心实意的仟悔，其背后可能有些颇值怀疑和极其荒谬的东西。