| 词汇 | repenting |
| 释义 | repenting present participle ofrepent repent verb[ I ] formaluk /rɪˈpent/ us /rɪˈpent/ to be very sorry for something bad you have done in the past and wish that you had not done it: 后悔;悔过，忏悔 He repented (of his sins) just hours before he died.在临死前数小时，他才（对自己的罪孽）做了忏悔。 Sadness and regret aw be/weigh on your conscienceidiom bitter black dog breastbeating cry doom and gloom feel badidiom gloominess glumness groan guilt prick prick someone's conscienceidiom regretful regretfully remorse repentant wrench wretchedness You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Making & accepting apologies Related wordrepentance Examples of repentingrepenting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Repenting now and acting later will not work. Note that in the cases of the two "madmen," one lost his tongue, and the other rescued his life only after repenting. The "first sort of enthusiasm" groups "those who imagine they have the grace which they have not": individuals claiming redemption without repenting (50). The conditions included writing an essay repenting of anti-party misdeeds, stating that they supported postal privatization and promising not to oppose the party in the future. It was the clearest, most legalistic and longest confessional in the long history of repenting sinners. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So did hundreds of thousands of others, without repenting it or resenting it, then or now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It may have been a case of acting with speed and repenting at leisure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is nice to know that some people are repenting, but the facts need to be known. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that it will not be a case of legislating in haste and repenting at leisure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is more joy "in heaven over one sinner that repenteth" and so forth, and with 300 repenting the joy is considerable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot agree to the speedy process because, frankly, it is leading the way to repenting at leisure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It may mean his marrying in haste and repenting at leisure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Still, the sinner or the sinners opposite seem to be repenting, and that is something. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suppose that one should rejoice at a sinner repenting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Figures show that there is more repenting after teenage marriages than after marriages later in life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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