Word · Frequency #23640
contrite
悔悟的；后悔的；痛悔的
核心释义
feeling or expressing sorrow or regret for one's sins or offenses
- 1.
真诚忏悔的,尤指对自己的行为感到懊悔或悲痛的。
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。；悔悟了的；后悔的；痛悔的
用法In use
After breaking his neighbor's window, the boy wrote a contrite letter of apology.
用法提示：形容词作定语修饰letter，表达“悔悟的”。
She felt genuinely contrite for forgetting her friend's birthday.
用法提示：形容词作表语搭配feel，表示“后悔的”。
His contrite expression showed that he regretted the harsh words.
用法提示：形容词作定语修饰expression，表示“痛悔的”。
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。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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。
语境与语域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。
发音与拼写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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