contrition

1. ADJ-GRADED 深感懊悔的;痛悔的;悔悟的
   If you are contrite, you are very sorry because you have done something wrong.
   1. She was instantly contrite. 'Oh, I am sorry! You must forgive me.'
      她马上就懊悔了。“哦，我很抱歉！你一定要原谅我。”

1. China and South Korea have long called for Japanese leaders to show more contrition for the occupation of their countries before and during the second world war.
   长期以来，中国和韩国一直在呼吁日本领导人对二战前和二战期间日本对其国家的占领行为展现出更多悔罪态度。
2. He will express some contrition for the war, though perhaps not enough for the taste of some in congress.
   他还会对那场战争表达一定程度的悔恨，不过可能不足以令美国国会的部分人满意。
3. Well, you bring them back and make your act of contrition.
   那好吧，你把它们放回去以表示你的忏悔。
4. Zhong has since apologized, but the public are not convinced by his contrition.
   钟继祥称此事属实，但已经道歉，不过公众认为他并没有诚意。
5. But another everyday observation is that powerful people who have been caught out often show little sign of contrition.
   但是另外的日常日常观察表明，那些被发现的有权者很少表现出忏悔。
6. You need to show contrition.
   你必须变现出忏悔。
7. Mr Diamond may think he has done his penance. But such acts of contrition as there might have been have escaped the notice of just about everyone else.
   戴蒙德可能认为他已进行了自我惩罚，但几乎其他所有人都没有注意到此类悔意（如果它们真的存在的话）。
8. Through her own contrition, Karen learned that she herself was weak and afraid.
   通过自我反省，凯伦意识到她自己也很脆弱、胆怯。
9. Contrition cannot define a political order.
   悔罪并不能决定政治秩序。
10. Antinomianism makes the great mistake of insisting that God uses the gospel, not the law, to work contrition and to give guidance for Christian living.
    反律法主义的重大错误在于极力强调神以福音（非律法）促成罪人的悔改、指导基督徒的生活。
11. It can afford for now to avoid the level of contrition shown by Rio Tinto last week.
    就目前而言，它尚能避免上周力拓（riotinto）所展现的那种后悔。
12. He sank to his hunkers, murmured an Act of Contrition in his dying rapist's ear and bashed in what was left of his face with the rock.
    他坐下来，在那个垂死的强奸犯的耳边说着要他悔悟的话，用那块石头继续在他脸上猛击。
13. Over the years, a procession of Japanese prime ministers has expressed contrition for colonial rule and wartime aggression.
    多年来，一届又一届日本首相就该国的殖民统治和战争侵略行为表达了忏悔之意。
14. The act of communicating with a deity ( especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving).
    与神沟通的行为（尤其是请愿或者崇拜悔悟感恩）。
15. Making matters worse, there's a gender'apology gap ': Men and women have different approaches and different expectations when it comes to acts of contrition.
    更糟糕的是，在不同的性别之间还存在着“道歉代沟”：当遇到后悔不迭的事情时，男性和女性会采用不同的方式，也会有不同的期待。
16. Japan's relations with its Asian neighbors have often been poor because of tokyo's lack of contrition for its aggression and harsh colonial rule in the first half of the20th century.
    20世纪上半叶，由于日本政府对其过去的侵略行为和残酷的殖民统治毫无悔意，所以日本与亚洲邻国的关系一直很差。
17. If you can hear me, say the act of contrition.
    要是你听得见的话，一下忏悔文。
18. By contrast, Mr Schmidt shows no contrition when responding to the recent court ruling in Italy convicting three top Google executives of criminal wrongdoing after its YouTube video website showed footage of a disabled boy being bullied by classmates.
    相比之下，对于最近意大利法庭以谷歌youtube视频网站播放一名残疾男孩遭同学欺负为由，裁定谷歌三名高管犯下刑事不法行为，施密特没有任何悔意。
19. Far from showing any hint of contrition, it insisted that an apology should come from the South for halting tourist visits to Mount Kumgang.
    北方不但没有一丁点的“悔罪”表现，还坚持说应该道歉的是南方，因为他们暂时禁止了南方棒子们去金刚山驴游。
20. While expressing contrition, Rupert Murdoch exonerated all the senior executives who ran the UK business during the relevant period, including Rebekah Brooks, her predecessor, Les Hinton, and James Murdoch himself.
    尽管表达了懊悔情绪，但默多克认为在事发期间负责集团英国业务的所有高管都没有责任，其中包括丽贝卡布鲁克斯（rebeccabrooks）、她的前任莱斯辛顿（leshinton）、以及詹姆斯本人。
21. Through a combination of vanity, greed and sheer incompetence, he presided over the biggest banking disaster in British history, to the great cost of the taxpayer and the British economy, and showed no practical contrition for having done so.
    由于他的自大、贪婪和无能透顶，导致了英国历史上最严重的一场银行业灾难，令纳税人和英国经济付出了惨重代价，而古德温对其所作所为没有表示出丝毫悔改之意。
22. In 2009, he expressed contrition for the past in a speech in November, he said: We participated in things that were clearly wrong and have reason to regret.
    2009年，贝兰克梵表达了对过去的悔悟在11月份的一次演讲中，他表示：我们参与了明显错误的事情，有理由感到后悔。

noun

1. sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation

   Synonym:    attritioncontriteness