contrition

1 Genuine contrition for a legitimately insensitive -- and often spur of the moment -- bad decision is always welcome.

2 At no point during this entire video does he offer even a glimmer of contrition.

3 The next day he'd be full of contrition, weeping and begging forgiveness.

第二天，他就会懊悔不已，哭着乞求原谅。

4 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。

5 "She came across as very defensive and when you are talking about contrition, the two words don't really go together," Passikoff said.

6 With some hesitation, Mr. Howard said of his decision, “It was, a little bit, kind of a, what the —” here he let fly an expletive, then immediately expressed contrition.

7 The German stands accused of domestic abuse against his ex-girlfriend, and his lack of contrition only confirmed some people's views that he had always been arrogant, hypocritical, and violent.

8 We believe that individuals can change their hearts and minds as long as they demonstrate true contrition.

9 Traditionally, head shaving is a serious way of showing contrition, though rare among women.

10 It was an act of humility and contrition, and certainly Mr. Mayer’s only option.

11 She does something similar later on, beating her own chest in an act of contrition while Applegate physically prevents her from doing something both will regret.

12 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。

13 The question of contrition comes up again and again.

14 "James's recent serious illness, alongside well‑publicised marital difficulties, lend an added poignancy … his gargantuan labour appears to offer a gift of love to his Dante scholar wife, an act of contrition".

15 Though a model of contrition in court, Mr. Bulger was sentenced to 500 hours of community service at the National Zoo, where every Saturday at dawn he and an elderly zookeeper shoveled exotic-animal dung.

16 Two elderly men confront the limits of their power: kingship versus faith, dogmatism, contrition and the lonely terror of old age.

17 His not blaming you says he’s wriggled out of her grip admirably well, but his wanting you to appease her with contrition beyond your contrition also says part of him remains in her fist.

18 Cersei learns that true humility and contrition don't come easy.

瑟曦终于懂得了真正的谦逊与悔恨是来之不易的。

19 Does the neighbor exist, or is he best understood as Hrabal’s contrition personified?

20 Honest public contrition can augment a star's profile too.

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2 痛悔

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3 悔悟

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4 悔恨

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5 悔罪

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6 忏悔

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