repent

FREQ #10307

vi. 后悔, 懊悔, 忏悔 vt. 后悔 a. 匍匐生根的

发音

US
/ɹɪˈpɛnt/
/ˈɹiːpənt/

词形变化

repented repentest repenteth repenting repents 三单 repents repenting 现在分词 repented 过去式 repented 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".

    悔悟

    悔改

    后悔

    不及物

    Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

  2. 2.

    To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love.

    忏悔

    悔改

    不及物 宗教
  3. 3.

    To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To be sorry for, to regret.

    及物

    I repent my sins.

  5. 5.

    To cause to have sorrow or regret.

    古体 及物
  6. 6.

    To cause (oneself) to feel pain or regret.

    废旧

    But if that I knewe what his name hight, For clatering of me I would him ſone quight; For his falſe lying, of that I ſpake never, I could make him ſhortly repent him forever: […]

  7. 7.

    To change one's mind.

    古体 不及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Creeping along the ground.

    生物 植物学

词汇关系

动词

同义词 3

regret rue atone

上位词 3

feel experience reject

相关短语

marry in haste, repent at leisure

词源

From Middle English repenten, from Old French repentir, from Vulgar Latin *repaenitīre, from Late Latin paenitīre, from Classical Latin paenitēre. Compare Modern French repentir.

来源：wiktionary