repentant
音标发音
- 英式音标 [rɪˈpen.tənt]
- 美式音标 [rɪˈpen.tənt]
- 国际音标 [ri'pentənt]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj.后悔的；悔悟的
词根记忆
- re + pen(处罚) + t + ant(…的)→因为悔改态度很好，处罚就轻了→悔改的
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- repent：[植]匍匐生根的；[动]爬行的。
- adv性质的同根词
- repentantly：悔悟地；后悔地。
- n性质的同根词
- repentance：悔改；后悔。
- vi性质的同根词
- repent：后悔；忏悔。
- vt性质的同根词
- repent：后悔；对…感到后悔。
英汉例句
- He was openly repentant about his lack of reading skills.
他很坦然地对自己缺乏阅读技能表示后悔。 - A repentant spirit is the healing balm to breaking the cycle of blame in a marital relationship.
一个忏悔的精神是种润滑油来打破在婚姻关系中循环的责备。 - A history curriculum is often a telling sign of how a nation and its elites see themselves: as victims of colonialism or practitioners (either repentant or defiant) of imperial power.
历史课程往往是一个国家和它的精英阶层如何看待他们自己的一个很明显的标志：他们是殖民主义和帝国主义极权的实践者（不管是后悔的还是强硬的）的受害者。 - She got in touch with the feelings of repentant wife-beaters and self-abasing Promise Keepers.
ECONOMIST: American men - However, these estimates are likely to make Ms Hewitt cross rather than embarrassed or repentant.
ECONOMIST: The threat of competition is what matters - Hindley, now repentant—not that that made one jot of difference—drew maps for her.
ECONOMIST: Winnie Johnson
双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- The Repentant 悔过的女人
- Repentant Vampire 忏悔凡派尔;忏悔吸血鬼
- Hard Repentant 难以悔改
- not repentant 不惭愧的
- Be Repentant 悔过
短语
英英字典
- feeling sorry for something that you have done
- Someone who is repentant shows or says that they are sorry for something wrong they have done.