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单词 repent
释义
repent
verb[I]
formal
uk
/rɪˈpent/us
/rɪˈpent/
to be verysorryfor somethingbadyou have done in the past andwishthat you had not done it:
后悔；悔过，忏悔
He repented (ofhissins) justhoursbefore hedied.在临死前数小时，他才（对自己的罪孽）做了忏悔。
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(Definition ofrepentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

repent| American Dictionary

repent
verb[I/T]
us
/rɪˈpent/
to besorryyou did or did not do something:
[I]Jenkinsreturned, to repent andfacejustice.
(Definition ofrepentfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrepent

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But what if the criminal genuinely repented for his sins?
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If the lessons of history have been recognized and sincerely repented, we should do better in the future.
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This harm - to the carer - is adequately satisfied when we both apologize (andrepent) and attempt to repair the thing cared for.
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And he rejects an abbot's remonstrances with him torepentand pray.
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Don't wait for him torepentbefore striking.
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Note that in the cases of the two "madmen," one lost his tongue, and the other rescued his life only after repenting.
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They shouldrepent, he said, in order that the meeting could proceed and blessing be received.
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The "first sort of enthusiasm" groups "those who imagine they have the grace which they have not": individuals claiming redemption without repenting (50).
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One cannot just shrug it off - one must accept it andrepentor actively reject it.
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Yet what can it when one cannotrepent?
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The latter repented, and gave up his vice.
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Since a person's repentance requires that she realize that she herself has offended, nothing lacking a first-person perspective could possiblyrepent.
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He repents after noticing that she sleeps with the same baby-like posture he had loved in his own child.
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The ' wise ', it is said, will not regret, repine,repent, nor will they pity.
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Everyone should look into their hearts andrepent; those who remained unrepentant and dared to commit such wrong deeds again would be punished without mercy.
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