Word · Frequency #23640
contrite
悔悟的；后悔的；痛悔的
feeling or expressing sorrow or regret for one's sins or offenses
- 1.
Sincerely penitent or feeling regret or sorrow, especially for one’s own actions.
真诚忏悔的,尤指对自己的行为感到懊悔或悲痛的。
真诚忏悔的,尤指对自己的行为感到懊悔或悲痛的。；悔悟了的；后悔的；痛悔的
In use
After breaking his neighbor's window, the boy wrote a contrite letter of apology.
She felt genuinely contrite for forgetting her friend's birthday.
His contrite expression showed that he regretted the harsh words.
feel/look/sound contrite
feel、look、sound 等系动词后可直接接 contrite，描述人的主观感受或给人的印象。
She sounded contrite on the phone.
她在电话里听起来很懊悔。
be contrite about/for sth
表示对某事后悔时，用介词 about 或 for 引出原因，后可接名词或动名词。
He was contrite about breaking the vase.
他因打碎花瓶而深感懊悔。
a/the contrite + noun
作定语修饰名词时，常见搭配有 apology、smile、expression、manner 等。
She gave me a contrite smile.
她对我露出一个充满悔意的微笑。
Common mistakes
He contrite for his mistake.He was contrite for his mistake.
英语形容词不能单独作谓语，必须与系动词连用。contrite 是形容词，应在前面加 was 构成系表结构。
She was contrite of her actions.She was contrite about her actions.
contrite 表示“对……后悔”时，搭配介词常用 for 或 about，不能用 of。of 通常表示所属关系。
She expressed her contrite for the mistake.She expressed her contrition for the mistake.
contrite 是形容词，不能作宾语；表示“悔悟”的名词形式是 contrition。应使用名词形式作为动词的宾语。
Connections
Collocations
- contrite heart
- 悔悟的心
- He returned with a contrite heart and asked for forgiveness.他带着悔悟的心回来请求原谅。
- contrite apology
- 痛悔的道歉
- She wrote a contrite apology to her colleague.她给同事写了一封痛悔的道歉信。
- contrite sinner
- 痛悔的罪人
- The church welcomed the contrite sinner.教会欢迎那位痛悔的罪人。
- deeply contrite
- 深感懊悔的
- He was deeply contrite about the harm he had caused.他对造成的伤害深感懊悔。
- contrite expression
- 懊悔的表情
- Her contrite expression made me forgive her at once.她懊悔的表情让我立刻原谅了她。
- feel contrite
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：罪人跪地捶胸痛哭，‘我错了！’——发自内心的痛悔，就是 contrite。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：文学作品、正式演讲、书面道歉 该词通常用于正式或书面语境，多出现在文学作品、演讲或正式道歉中；日常口语中较少使用，更常见的是 sorry 或 apologetic。
Pronunciation & Spelling
The target /ˈkɒntraɪt/ has stress on the first syllable, so none of the listed words rhymes exactly with it. 'contact' and 'contrary' share the initial /ˈkɒnt/ or /ˈkɒntr/ sound; 'trite', 'rite', 'polite', and 'ignite' are spelling lookalikes with a final stressed /aɪt/, not the target's unstressed /traɪt/.
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.