impenitent

a. 不知悔改的, 顽固的 n. 不知悔改的人, 顽固的人

发音

UK /ɪmˈpɛnɪt(ə)nt/
其它
US /ɪmˈpɛnət(ə)nt/
US /-ɾ(ə)nt/

词形变化

impenitents 复数 impenitents

别名

impænitent impœnitent

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who is not penitent.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Not penitent; specifically (Christianity), not repenting of one's sins; unrepentant.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 2

unremorseful unrepentant

反义词 1

penitent

近义相关 2

unregenerate unregenerated

参见 3

unashamed unregenerate unregenerated

词源

The adjective is derived from Late Middle English impenitent (“not penitent, unrepentant”), from Latin impaenitentem, the accusative feminine or masculine singular of impaenitēns (“unrepentant”), from im- (a variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + paenitēns (“contrite, penitent, regretting, repenting”) (the present active participle of paeniteō (“to be sorry, regret; to cause to repent; to repent”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hate; to hurt”)). By surface analysis, im- + penitent. The noun is derived from the adjective.

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