| 单词 | impenitent |
| 释义 | impenitent (once / 8342 pages) adj To be impenitent, is to have no remorse or regrets. Try not to be impenitent about that pint of Ben & Jerry's ice cream you ate in one sitting. Everyone deserves a treat once in a while! When you repent, you're regretting or feeling sorry about something you've done. But take its root word penitire meaning "to regret" and slap the suffix im- meaning "not" in front of it and you've got the opposite: impenitent, or "to not regret." A murderer who is impenitent about his crime feels no shame about what he's done. WORD FAMILYimpenitent: impenitence, impenitency, impenitently+/penitence: penitences, penitential, penitentiary/penitent: impenitent, penitence, penitently, penitents/penitential: penitentially/penitentiary: penitentiaries USAGE EXAMPLESBut when Hall raised Woodall on the radio, the impenitent South African-expedition leader responded with a barrage of obscenities and insults. Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air(1996) But her new employer, Politico Europe, was keen to appoint an impenitent to fire warning shots across the commission’s bow. The Guardian(Jun 18, 2015) But if you refuse to change, if you are stubbornly impenitent, then you are not letting yourself be forgiven. Washington Times(Jun 01, 2014) 1adj not penitent or remorseful Syn|Ant unremorseful, unrepentant 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 impervious to moral persuasion Syn unregenerate, unregenerated not reformed morally or spiritually |
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