RRSORRY/APOLOGIZEto be sorry for something and wish you had not done it – used especially when considering your actions in a religious way 忏悔;懊悔,后悔〔尤用于从宗教角度看待自己的行为时〕
repent of
He repented of his sins before he died.
他临死前为自己的罪过忏悔。
Examples from the Corpus
repent• You have sinned, Jimbo, I told myself out loud, but it is never too late to repent.• At a pressconference, Cheng repented her crimes.• The Church would accept her because it had to accept anyone who had repented her sins and embraced its teachings.• Separatism is an exhaustingact of faith, and because of insistentpressure on you to repent, it requires almost daily reaffirmation.• I did sometimesresist her, I repent it..• I began to repent my parting with you.• Metanoia does not implyrepenting, nor has it anything to do with sinning, as such.• Sin could be repented of by an act of volition; failure could not be disposed of so easily.• One approach was to read these young people the riot act and let them repent or retreat.• Repent your sins and you will be forgiven.
Originrepent
(1200-1300)Old Frenchrepentir, from pentir“to be sorry”