Contrition
[kən'trɪʃ(ə)n]
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of grinding or ribbing to powder; attrition; friction; rubbing.
(n.) The state of being contrite; deep sorrow and repentance for sin, because sin is displeasing to God; humble penitence; through repentance.
汉丽埃塔整理
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Penitence, compunction, remorse, repentance, sorrow, regret, self-condemnation, self-reproach, stings of conscience, sorrow for sin.
校對:马尔科姆
同義詞及反義詞：
[See ATTRITION]
伊万杰琳校對
例句/造句/用法:
- Such little actions, slight in another man, were very noticeable in him; and his daughter received them as if they had been words of contrition. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- It was necessary for her mistress to comfort her--which she did, I must say, with a good deal of contrition--before she could be got beyond this. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Since the Pegler affair, this gentlewoman had covered her pity for Mr. Bounderby with a veil of quiet melancholy and contrition. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- The self-reproach and contrition which are displayed in his remark appear to me to be the signs of a healthy mind rather than of a guilty one. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- His face expressed contrition and indecision as he asked: 'Have I injured you so much, Lizzie? 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Concession, contrition, never do any good with some people. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- And I said, Miss;' here Sissy fairly sobbed as confessing with extreme contrition to her greatest error; 'I said it was nothing. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- It was hammering now in the roar and he could not remember the act of contrition. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- He owned with contrition that his irregularities and his extravagance had already wasted a large part of his mother's little fortune. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
校對:罗赞