音标:['penitәnt] ;
a. 忏悔的, 悔悟的, 表示悔罪的
n. 忏悔的人, 悔罪者
n. (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)
a. feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
词型变化:名词复数形式 : penitents
考试类型:[GRE]
词性分布:
名词71%
形容词29%

penitent的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. Since he has been penitent,I don't think he will do that again.既然他已经忏悔了,我认为他不会再那样做了。
  2. 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。
用作名词(n.)
  1. A penitent's prayer is an undeniable ambassador.一个忏悔者的祷告是令人无法拒绝的使者。

词汇搭配

  • penitent ice残余冰
  • penitent snow残余雪

经典引文

  • A penitent prodigal who has squandered God's gifts.

    出自:J. H. Newman
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Between the kitchen and the destroyed chapel a door led into an oval-shaped library. The space inside seemed safe except for a large hole at portrait level in the far wall, caused by mortar-shell attack on the villa two months earlier. The rest of th

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1. A penitent Arnold Schwarzenegger is apologizing for comments he made about Cubans and Puerto Ricans. The Californian governor called the acnicities very hot because of a combination of what he call

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For six years he led the life of a hermit and penitent. 他过了六年修道和忏悔的生活。 But his meditations were deeper and his sufferings greater than those of any other hermit. 但他比所有的其他人都想得深远,他比先前的任

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研究称对着右耳说道歉更有效 Saying sorry isnt always enough to earn forgiveness but you have more chance of getting your message across if you speak into someones right ear, research indicates. 一声对不起往往不足以求得别人的原

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研究:对着右耳说道歉更有效 Apologies go down better through right ear, study finds Saying sorry isnt always enough to earn forgiveness but you have more chance of getting your message across if you speak into someones right ear, research

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研究发现对着右耳说道歉更有效

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The Pope answered with excommunication and a demand that the German princes rid themselves of their unworthy ruler. 格利高里的回答是将亨利四世逐出教会,并号召德意志的王公们驱逐这位德行败坏、不配为人君主的国王

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