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

• Far from showing any hint of contrition, it insisted that an apology should come from the South for halting tourist visits to Mount Kumgang.
  北方不但没有一丁点的“悔罪”表现，还坚持说应该道歉的是南方，因为他们暂时禁止了南方棒子们去金刚山驴游。
• 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。
• Contrition cannot define a political order.
  悔罪并不能决定政治秩序。
• Making matters worse, there's a gender'apology gap ': Men and women have different approaches and different expectations when it comes to acts of contrition.
  更糟糕的是，在不同的性别之间还存在着“道歉代沟”：当遇到后悔不迭的事情时，男性和女性会采用不同的方式，也会有不同的期待。
• 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。
• You need to show contrition.
  你必须变现出忏悔。
• In 2009, he expressed contrition for the past in a speech in November, he said: We participated in things that were clearly wrong and have reason to regret.
  2009年，贝兰克梵表达了对过去的悔悟在11月份的一次演讲中，他表示：我们参与了明显错误的事情，有理由感到后悔。
• By contrast, Mr Schmidt shows no contrition when responding to the recent court ruling in Italy convicting three top Google executives of criminal wrongdoing after its YouTube video website showed footage of a disabled boy being bullied by classmates.
  相比之下，对于最近意大利法庭以谷歌youtube视频网站播放一名残疾男孩遭同学欺负为由，裁定谷歌三名高管犯下刑事不法行为，施密特没有任何悔意。
• 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。
• 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）。