penitence meaning in English
n.
后悔，忏悔，悔悟；悔罪 (for)。
Examples
- The message, she thought, would be one of affectionate penitence to her father .
信息，她想，那准是对父亲的充满感情的忏悔。 - "i am in lady agatha's black books at present," answered dorian with a funny look of penitence .
“现在我得罪了亚加莎夫人啦，”道林带着有趣的忏悔神情说道。 - Nothing so false as penitence moved him; but genuine paternal feeling, and that melancholy of "never again" .
打动他的绝不是什么虚伪的忏悔，而是真正的慈爱和一种黯然“永别”的滋味。 - Now he realized how hard it was for his wife to drag about at her work, and his sympathy quickened by his penitence .
如今他总算认识到老婆拖着身子干活有多么辛苦，悔过的心情触动了他的同情心。 - Was it but the mockery of penitence
难道只是对仟悔加以嘲弄吗？