repent
英 [rɪ'pent] 美 [rɪ'pɛnt]
- vi. 后悔；忏悔
- vt. 后悔；对…感到后悔
- adj. [植] 匍匐生根的；[动] 爬行的
词态变化
第三人称单数: repents;过去式: repented;过去分词: repented;现在分词: repenting;
助记提示
1、re- "intensive prefix" + pent- "regret".
中文词源
repent 悔过，忏悔
re-,表强调，-pent,惩罚，悔罪，词源同 pain,punish,penitentiary.引申词义悔过，忏悔。
英文词源
- repent (v.)
- c. 1300, "to feel such regret for sins or crimes as produces amendment of life," from Old French repentir (11c.), from re-, here probably an intensive prefix (see re-), + Vulgar Latin *penitire "to regret," from Latin poenitire "make sorry," from poena (see penal). The distinction between regret (q.v.) and repent is made in many modern languages, but the differentiation is not present in older periods. Related: Repented; repenting.
双语例句
- 1. I am a sinner and I need to repent of my sins.
- 我是个罪人，必须忏悔我的罪过。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Those who refuse to repent, he said, will be punished.
- 那些拒不悔改的人，他说，将会受到惩罚。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Remission of sins is promised to those who repent.
- 悔罪者可得到赦免.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. It's too late to repent.
- 悔之晚矣.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. I have nothing to repent of.
- 我没有什么可忏悔的.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》