penitence是什么意思
中文词源
penitence 悔罪，忏悔
来自penitent,悔罪的，忏悔的。
英文词源
- penitence
- penitence: see pain
- penitence (n.)
- c. 1200, from Old French penitence (11c.) and directly from Latin paenitentia "repentance," noun of condition from paenitentum (nominative paenitens) "penitent," present participle of paenitere "cause or feel regret," probably originally "is not enough, is unsatisfactory," from paene "nearby, almost."
中文解释
1、penit- + -ence.
实用例句
- 1. The thief expressed penitence for all his past actions.
- 那盗贼对他犯过的一切罪恶表示忏悔.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 2. Of penitence, there has been none!
- 可是悔过呢, 还一点没有!
来自英汉文学 - 红字
- 3. Was it but the mockery of penitence?
- 难道只是对忏悔加以嘲弄 吗 ?
来自英汉文学 - 红字
- 4. Is there no reality in the penitence thus sealed and witnessed by good works?
- 你这样大做好事来弥补和证实你的悔过,难道还不是真心诚意,实实在在的 吗 ?
来自英汉文学 - 红字
- 5. Here had been her sin; here, her sorrow; and here was yet to be her penitence.
- 这里有过她的罪孽, 这里有过她的悲伤, 这里也还会有她的忏悔.
来自英汉文学 - 红字
