contrite是什么意思,contrite怎么用

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contrite

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📰 外刊例句

With a couple of weeks still to go before he is even inaugurated , contrite firms are queuing up to invest in America. 离他正式就任尚有一两周,一家家幡然悔悟的公司已纷纷开始投资于美国本土。

—— 《经济学人》

—— 《纽约时报》


📖 基本释义

[adjective] feeling or expressing remorse or penitence; affected by guilt
[形容词] 感到或表达悔恨或忏悔的;受内疚影响的


💡 深入解读

Contrite 是一个以常见词trite(陈腐的、老一套的、老生常谈的)结尾的单词,并且两者同源,都源自于拉丁语terere(摩擦)。其中, contrite 于14世纪经古法语contrit或者直接由拉丁语contritus(磨损的、磨成碎片的)进入英语后,原指“因内疚而精神崩溃的,良心受到打击的,决心不再犯罪的”。随后发展为现在的主要含义指“悔罪的、痛悔的、深感懊悔的”,常作正式用语使用,既可以指人,也可以形容表示悔罪的或者由悔悟引起的行动、言词等,主要指对所作的坏事感到非常抱歉和内疚,强调真诚的忏悔并含有想要弥补过错的意味,

比如:

with a humble and contrite heart怀着一颗谦恭和悔罪的心

The streamlined young woman listened attentively to these contrite words.这位身材苗条的少妇静听着这些悔罪的话。

The timid hand stretched forth to aid A brother in his need; A kindly word in grief's dark hour That proves a friend indeed; The plea for mercy softly breathed, When justice threatens high, The sorrow of a contrite heart -- These things shall never die.诗歌用例

These Things Shall Never Die )。羞怯地伸出援助的手,在你的兄弟需要的时候,伤痛、困难的时候,一句亲切的话就足以证明朋友的真心;轻声地祈求怜悯,在审判临近的时候,懊悔的心有一种伤感——这些美好不会消逝。出自英国批判现实主义作家查尔斯·狄更斯(Charles Dickens)的诗歌《这些美好不会消逝》(

remorseful: filled with remorse; sorry repentant: expressing or feeling sincere regret and remorse; remorseful penitent: feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentant同近义词


🔍 同近义词

  • remorseful: filled with remorse; sorry
  • repentant: expressing or feeling sincere regret and remorse; remorseful
  • penitent: feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentant
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