西瓜单词

penitent是什么意思

penitent

英 ['penɪt(ə)nt] 美 ['pɛnətənt]

1、penit- + -ent.

penitent 悔罪的，忏悔的

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

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.

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.