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repentant

/ri-pen-tnt, -pen-tuhnt/US // rɪˈpɛn tnt, -ˈpɛn tənt //UK // (rɪˈpɛntənt) //

悔改的,忏悔的,悔过的,忏悔

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : repenting; penitent; experiencing repentance.
    • : characterized by or showing repentance: a repentant mood.

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Examples

  • Church leaders could choose to restrict her membership if she is considered repentant enough.

  • When the first WEED aired, Dr. Gupta apologized, sincerely repentant for having poo-pooed the medicinal benefits of cannabis.

  • A sympathetic figure, Tyson has been repentant about many aspects of his behavior.

  • Beck may not be the first repentant Republican, but he is certainly the most operatic, a kind of comic Pavarotti of the right.

  • Now his attackers—some repentant, others still spewing hate—have been sentenced.

  • Two years later, a repentant Uma wore skin-tight Versace in a meek porridge hue.

  • Angelo, dear, she said in repentant  tone; I am sorry I pained you this afternoon; but I am jealous, so jealous of you.

  • On hearing this repentant cry, Madame Bastien reproached herself for her tears.

  • What saint, or repentant sinner had dragged out his days here when this was a cell in a monastery?

  • The alarm sound typifies the sorrow which a repentant man feels for his misconduct and his earnest determination to reform.

  • The last sound is the pure sound again, which typifies a sincere resolve to keep the repentant heart incorrupt.