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单词 repent
释义
repentre‧pent /rɪˈpent/ verb [intransitive, transitive] formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINrepent
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French repentir, from pentir ‘to be sorry’
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
repent
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyrepent
he, she, itrepents
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyrepented
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave repented
he, she, ithas repented
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad repented
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill repent
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have repented
Continuous Form
PresentIam repenting
he, she, itis repenting
you, we, theyare repenting
PastI, he, she, itwas repenting
you, we, theywere repenting
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been repenting
he, she, ithas been repenting
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been repenting
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be repenting
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been repenting
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Repent your sins and you will be forgiven.
  • At a press conference, Cheng repented her crimes.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • I began to repent my parting with you.
  • I did sometimes resist her, I repent it..
  • Metanoia does not imply repenting, nor has it anything to do with sinning, as such.
  • One approach was to read these young people the riot act and let them repent or retreat.
  • Separatism is an exhausting act of faith, and because of insistent pressure on you to repent, it requires almost daily reaffirmation.
  • Sin could be repented of by an act of volition; failure could not be disposed of so easily.
  • The Church would accept her because it had to accept anyone who had repented her sins and embraced its teachings.
  • You have sinned, Jimbo, I told myself out loud, but it is never too late to repent.
word sets
WORD SETS
acolyte, nounafterlife, nounagnostic, nounangel, nounanimism, nounanoint, verbapostasy, nounapostate, nounarchangel, nounbelieve, verbbeliever, nounbell-ringer, nounbless, verbblessed, adjectiveblessing, nouncelebrant, nounChristian Science, nouncircumcise, verbcircumcision, nouncommunion, nounconfession, nounconvent, nounconversion, nounconvert, nouncoreligionist, nouncowl, nouncredo, nouncreed, nouncult, noundaemon, nounDecalogue, noundefrock, verbdeism, noundenomination, noundenominational, adjectivedevotee, noundevotion, noundevotional, adjectivedevout, adjectivedivine, adjectivedivinity, noundruid, nounfaith, nounfast day, nounfeast, nounfervour, nounfiesta, nounfollow, verbfrankincense, noungentile, noungod, noungoddess, noungrace, nounhabit, nounhair shirt, nounhallelujah, interjectionhallowed, adjectivehalo, nounheathen, adjectiveheathen, nounheaven, nounheavenly, adjectivehell, nounheresy, nounheretic, nounhermit, nounhermitage, nounheterodox, adjectivehigh priest, nounidol, nounidolatry, nounincarnation, nounincense, nouninfidel, nounintercession, nouninvocation, nouninvoke, verbirreligious, adjective-ism, suffixlayman, nounlaywoman, nounlibation, nounliturgical, adjectiveliturgy, nounmartyr, nounmartyr, verbmeditate, verbmeditation, nounmission, nounmonastery, nounmonastic, adjectivemonk, nounmonotheism, nounMoonie, nounMormon, nounMosaic, adjectivemystery play, nounmystic, nounmystical, adjectivemysticism, nounneophyte, nounnovice, nounnovitiate, nounnuminous, adjectivenun, nounnunnery, nounoblation, nounobservance, nounoffering, nounOlympian, adjectiveordain, verborder, nounorthodox, adjectiveotherworldly, adjectivepagan, adjectivepagan, nounpantheism, nounpantheon, nounParsee, nounpilgrim, nounpilgrimage, nounpious, adjectivepluralism, nounpolytheism, nounpractise, verbpray, verbprayer, nounprayer wheel, nounpreach, verbpreacher, nounpriest, nounpriestess, nounpriesthood, nounpriestly, adjectiveprophet, nounprophetess, nounpurify, verbRasta, nounRastafarian, nounRastaman, nounRE, nounrecant, verbreincarnation, nounreligious, adjectivereligiously, adverbreliquary, nounrepent, verbretreat, nounrevelation, nounrevivalism, nounrite, nounritual, nounsacred, adjectivesacrifice, nounsacrifice, verbsacrificial, adjectivesanctify, verbsanctity, nounsanctuary, nounsanctum, nounsatanism, nounscripture, nounsect, nounsectarian, adjectiveservice, nounshaman, nounShinto, nounshrine, nounsin, nounsin, verbsinful, adjectivesinner, nounsoul, nounspirit, nounspiritual, adjectivespiritualism, nounspirituality, nounSr, sun god, nounsuppliant, nounsupplicant, nounsupplication, nounSupreme Being, nounTao, nounTaoism, nountemple, nountenet, nounthanksgiving, nountheism, nountheo-, prefixtheocracy, nountheologian, nountheological college, nountheology, nountonsure, nountranscendental, adjectivetranscendental meditation, nountransmigration, noununbelief, noununbeliever, nounungodly, adjectiveunholy, adjectiveunorthodox, adjectivevisionary, nounvoodoo, nounvotary, nounworship, verbworship, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=be sorry you committed them)· I sincerely repent of my sins.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· Before Nina dies she and Gael again make peace, she repents her sins, and Gael vows to rewrite his novel.· The Church would accept her because it had to accept anyone who had repented her sins and embraced its teachings.· He said something about repenting for your sin.
to be sorry for something and wish you had not done it – used especially when considering your actions in a religious wayrepent of He repented of his sins before he died.
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