penitent
英 [ˈpenɪtənt] 美 [ˈpɛnɪtənt]

adj.

悔罪的，悔过的；

n.

后悔者；忏悔者；

变形

复数：penitents

英英释义

penitent[ 'penitənt ]

• n.(Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)
• adj.feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds

  同义词：repentant

双语例句

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。

权威例句

Dominican penitent women
Penitent Brothellers: Grace, Sexuality, and Genre in Thomas Middleton's City Comedies
Priest and Penitent: The European Union as a Force in the Domestic Politics of Eastern Europe
She-Tragedy and Its Men: Conflict and Form in The Orphan and The Fair Penitent
The contemporary penitent personality: Diagnostic, treatment, and ethical considerations with a particular type of religious patient.
Fictions of the Panopticon: Prison, Utopia, and the Out-Penitent in the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne
Worldly Saints: Social Interaction of Dominican Penitent Women in Italy, 1200-1500 by Maiju Lehmijoki-Gardner
Writing Religious Rules as an Interactive Process: Dominican Penitent Women and the Making of Their "Regula"
Tightening the Seal: Protecting the Catholic Confessional from Unprotective Priest-Penitent Privileges
Prevalence of liver disease and infection by hepatitis B, Delta virus, and human immunodeficiency virus in two Spanish penitentiaries