repent
美音:
[rı´pent
]英音:
[rı´pent
]v.后悔,悔改,忏悔,悔悟
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repent为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:repenter 动词过去式:repented 过去分词:repented 现在分词:repenting 第三人称单数:repents
词根
pen,pun=to punish(处罚)
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repent
/rɪ'pent; rɪ`pɛnt/
v
1 [I, Ipr, Tn, Tg] ~ (of sth) (fml esp religion 文, 尤用于宗教) feel regret or sorrow about (sth one has done or failed to do) 对(自己的所为)感到懊悔、痛心、悔悟或忏悔
*Repent (of your sins) and ask God's forgiveness. 你要忏悔, 请求上帝宽恕.
* He bitterly repented his folly. 他对自己干的蠢事後悔已极.
* I repent having been so generous to that scoundrel. 我後悔不该对那坏家伙如此宽宏大量.
2 (idm 习语) marry in haste, repent at leisure => marry.
repent
v [I and T]formal
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French;Origin: repentir, from pentir 'to be sorry']
to be sorry for something and wish you had not done it - used especially when considering your actions in a religious way
repent of
He repented of his sins before he died.