penitent

adj.悔罪的，悔过的

n.后悔者；忏悔者

adj.

1. 忏悔的；后悔的；愧疚的
   feeling or showing that you are sorry for having done sth wrong

noun

1. 忏悔者；（尤指宗教）悔罪者
   a person who shows that they are sorry for doing sth wrong, especially a religious person who wants God to forgive them

名词复数形式:penitents

1. Robert Gates sat before them, almost penitent about the past
   罗伯特·盖茨坐在他们面前，对过去的事几乎无颜以对。
2. She is deeply penitent.
   她深感愧疚。
3. Zion will be redeemed with justice, her penitent ones with righteousness.
   锡安必因公平得蒙救赎，其中归正的人，必因公义得蒙救赎。
4. They knew not what it was, they knew not where they were; but both of them, the man and the child, the penitent and the innocent, felt that they must kneel.
   他们不知道那是什么，他们不知道自己是在什么地方，可是他们俩，老人和孩子，忏悔者和无罪者，都感到应当跪下。
5. He expressed no regret for what he had done which satisfied her; his style was not penitent, but haughty.
   他对于自己的所作所为，丝毫不觉得过意不去，这当然使她无从满意。
6. I own to speak this with sad experience, and am not ashamed to confess myself a penitent.
   我承认自己是以痛苦的经历来说这话的，并且毫不惭愧地承认自己是一个忏悔者。
7. Laurie was standing by their mother with such a penitent face that Jo forgave him on the spot.
   劳笠站在她们的母亲身边，羞愧满面，无地自容。裘马上原谅了他。
8. It was hard to be angrg with him when he looked so penitent.
   当他看起来如此懊悔时，很难对他发火。
9. A half-equipped little Knight she was, venturing to reconnoitre the mysterious city and dreaming wild dreams of some vague, far-off supremacy, which should make it prey and subject& the proper penitent, groveling at a woman's slipper.
   她还只是一个装备不全的小骑士，正冒险出发去侦察神秘的大城市，梦想着某个遥远的将来她将征服这新世界，让那大城市俯首称臣，诚惶诚恐，跪倒在她的脚下。
10. In the past, televised confessions have been followed swiftly, as soon as the supposed penitent has been freed, by vehement repudiations.
    过去，电视播出招供画面，悔罪者一旦得到释放，立刻翻脸不认账。
11. Once, Hollywood required scandal-ridden stars to go away for a while& a penitent hiatus before they could enjoy redemption, their second acts.
    过去，好莱坞要求劣迹斑斑的影星离开一段时间&他们被救赎前的悔过期，好莱坞的第二步是救赎。
12. They all appeared very penitent, and begged hard for their lives. Why should I slave away all my life!
    他们一个个表示悔罪，苦苦地哀求饶命。我为什么要辛辛苦苦地干一辈子呀！
13. The penitent man is humble before god.
    忏悔者在上帝面前是谦虚的。
14. Always we shall have the heretic here at our mercy, screaming with pain, broken up, contemptible& and in the end utterly penitent, saved from himself, crawling to our feet of his own accord.
    我们总是要把异端分子提到这里来听我们的摆布，叫痛求饶，意气消沉，可卑可耻，最后痛悔前非，自动地爬到我们脚下来。
15. Yet perhaps if I had found you humble and penitent, I might have prevented Benedetto from killing you;
    可是，假如我发觉你低首下心，自知悔悟，我或许会阻止贝尼代托，不让你被杀。