contrition

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  • n.悔恨
  • Web痛悔；悔罪；悔悟

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n.
1.
悔罪,悔悟,悔恨

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AllAll,悔恨悔恨,痛悔痛悔,悔罪悔罪,悔悟悔悟
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1.
If the object is sentimentally irreplaceable, then you might instantly kneel down in suppliance and bow your head in contrition.
倘若碰碎的是对方感情上没法替代的物品，那你可能得马上屈膝跪下请求对方原谅，并低下头表示懊悔之心。
tǎng ruò pèng suì de shì duì fāng gǎn qíng shàng méi fǎ tì dài de wù pǐn , nà nǐ kě néng de mǎ shàng qū xī guì xià qǐng qiú duì fāng yuán liàng , bìng dī xià tóu biǎo shì ào huǐ zhī xīn 。
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2.
At this mention of a deal worth hundreds of millions of pounds, Mr Murdoch's mood of contrition seemed to fade a bit.
当提及这项价值上亿的交易时，默多克的悔恨情绪似乎又减弱了一些。
dāng tí jí zhè xiàng jià zhí shàng yì de jiāo yì shí , mò duō kè de huǐ hèn qíng xù sì hū yòu jiǎn ruò le yì xiē 。
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3.
Still, to be able to die with no special contrition, not having been slaughtered, or enslaved.
不过，能够死没有特别忏悔，没有被宰杀，或奴役。
bú guò , néng gòu sǐ méi yǒu tè bié chàn huǐ , méi yǒu bèi zǎi shā , huò nú yì 。
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4.
All this would also be made that much easier were bank chiefs to show genuine contrition.
如果这些银行高管们真心悔过的话，所有这一切还可以容易些。
rú guǒ zhè xiē yín háng gāo guǎn men zhēn xīn huǐ guò de huà , suǒ yǒu zhè yí qiè hái kě yǐ róng yì xiē 。
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5.
For a leader to express contrition , there needs to be a good, strong reason.
对于一个领导人来说，如果他要表达忏悔，需要有一个非常充分，非常适当的理由。
duì yú yī gè lǐng dǎo rén lái shuō , rú guǒ tā yào biǎo dá chàn huǐ , xū yào yǒu yī gè fēi cháng chōng fèn , fēi cháng shì dàng de lǐ yóu 。
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6.
Zhong has since apologized, but the public are not convinced by his contrition.
钟继祥称此事属实，但已经道歉，不过公众认为他并没有诚意。
zhōng jì xiáng chēng cǐ shì shǔ shí , dàn yǐ jīng dào qiàn , bú guò gōng zhòng rèn wéi tā bìng méi yǒu chéng yì 。
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7.
At a time when its erstwhile titans could do with displaying contrition, signs of hubris abound.
在目前华尔街的昔日巨头们该显示忏悔的时候，傲慢的迹象却比比皆是。
zài mù qián huá ěr jiē de xī rì jù tóu men gāi xiǎn shì chàn huǐ de shí hou , ào màn de jì xiàng què bǐ bǐ jiē shì 。
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8.
Toad, who was on the sofa by this time, with his legs up, rolled over on his face, shaken by sobs of contrition .
蟾蜍正翘腿倚在沙发上，听到这话，侧身掩面，全身抖动，痛悔地抽泣起来。
chán chú zhèng qiáo tuǐ yǐ zài shā fā shàng , tīng dào zhè huà , cè shēn yǎn miàn , quán shēn dǒu dòng , tòng huǐ de chōu qì qǐ lái 。
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9.
But even when presented with examples of genuine contrition, children still need help to become a ware of the complexities of saying sorry.
但即使提出的例子，真正的忏悔，儿童仍然需要帮助，成为复杂性地抱歉。
dàn jí shǐ tí chū de lì zǐ , zhēn zhèng de chàn huǐ , ér tóng réng rán xū yào bāng zhù , chéng wéi fù zá xìng de bào qiàn 。
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10.
His press conference on Wednesday was full of conciliation that bordered on contrition.
11月8日）的记者会充满近似悔悟的妥协。
shí yī yuè bā rì ) de jì zhě huì chōng mǎn jìn sì huǐ wù de tuǒ xié 。
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