| 单词 | unrepentant |
| 释义 | unrepentant (once / 12442 pages) adj If you're unrepentant about something, you refuse to regret it or apologize for it. An unrepentant cheater might brazenly lean over to get a better look at his friend's chemistry test. If you're repentant about something you've done or said, you feel terrible about it, and you express shame and remorse. If, on the other hand, you're unrepentant, you're not at all sorry. A student who's unrepentant about blurting out her opinions during class might grow up to be an activist or a politician, and an unrepentant gossip doesn't feel guilty about spreading rumors. The word comes from the Vulgar Latin penitire, "to regret." WORD FAMILYunrepentant: unrepentantly+/repent: repentant, repented, repenting, repents/repentance: repentances/repentant: repentance, repentantly, unrepentant USAGE EXAMPLESJohnson is to the unrepentant Trump what Booker T. Washington was to the racial arsonists Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. Time(Dec 06, 2016) Accused of the very topical sin of spreading fake news, all the way to the White House, Phillips is unrepentant. The Guardian(Dec 01, 2016) Dear Carolyn: How do you deal with an incessant, unrepentant gossip? Washington Post(Nov 14, 2016) 1adj not penitent or remorseful Syn|Ant impenitent, unremorseful unashamed used of persons or their behavior; feeling no shame unregenerate, unregeneratednot reformed morally or spiritually penitent, repentant feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds ashamedfeeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse bad, regretful, sorryfeeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone contrite, remorseful, rueful, ruthfulfeeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses penitential, penitentiaryshowing or constituting penance 2adj stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing Syn cussed, obdurate, obstinate unregenerate, unregenerated not reformed morally or spiritually |
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