repent

动词 v. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

动词 v.
  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". intransitive
    — Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
  2. To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love. intransitive
    — ... Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
  3. To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow. transitive
    — If Aljunied decides to go that way (to vote for the Workers' Party), well Aljunied has five years to live and repent.
  4. To be sorry for, to regret. transitive
    — I repent my sins.
  5. To cause to have sorrow or regret. archaic,transitive
    — at that time she wolde nat, she seyde, for she was syke and myght nat ryde. "That me repentith," seyde the kynge[…].
  6. To cause (oneself) to feel pain or regret. obsolete,reflexive
    — 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. To change one's mind. archaic,intransitive
    — The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
形容词 adj.
  1. Creeping along the ground.
    — The pennated, repent and ferine entities of the boscage, are ousels, shellducks, […] and ursine quadrupeds.

词形变化

repents present,singular,third-person repenting participle,present repented participle,past repented past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English repenten, from Old French repentir, from Vulgar Latin *repaenitīre, from Late Latin paenitīre, from Classical Latin paenitēre. Compare Modern French repentir.
词源 2
From Latin rēpēns, present participle of rēpō (“to creep”).
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