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If you are contrite, you feel truly sorry — not the quick “sorry” you say to end a conversation, but a heavy, honest sorry, because you know you did something wrong.
If you are contrite如果你是contrite, you feel truly sorry你是真心感到抱歉 — not the quick "sorry" you say to end a conversation不是那種為了結束對話隨口說的「sorry」, but a heavy, honest sorry而是很沉重、很真誠的抱歉, because you know you did something wrong因為你知道自己做錯了事
The word is rather formal and a little old-fashioned. You meet it in books, in news about people who have been caught, and in church language.
The word這個字 is rather formal and a little old-fashioned算滿正式，也有點老派. You meet it in books你會在書裡遇到它, in news about people who have been caught在報導被抓到的人的新聞裡, and in church language還有教會用語裡
A contrite person is not only at being seen; they wish they had not done the thing. Teachers and judges look for a contrite face when they decide how hard to be.
A contrite person is not only embarrassed at being seen一個contrite的人不只是因為被看到而尷尬, they wish they had not done the thing他們是真心希望自己沒做那件事. Teachers and judges look for a contrite face老師和法官會觀察一張contrite的臉, when they decide how hard to be來決定要對這個人多嚴厲
Though actually, people sometimes put on a contrite look without the feeling underneath, and listeners can often tell. It is stronger and quieter than “sorry,” and more about the heart than about the words you say.
Though actually不過其實, people sometimes put on a contrite look without the feeling underneath人有時候會裝出一副contrite的樣子，內心其實沒有那種感覺, and listeners can often tell而聽的人通常看得出來. It is stronger and quieter than "sorry,"它比「sorry」更強烈、也更安靜 and more about the heart than about the words you say重點在內心，而不是你說出口的話
組成From Latin contrītus, literally “ground to pieces,” the past form of conterō (to grind or bruise), from con- (together, thoroughly) + terō (to rub, to wear away). The old picture is a heart rubbed down to dust.
同家族的字
- contritionthe noun — the sorry feeling itself
- contritelythe adverb — in a sorry, guilty way
- tritesame Latin root terō (rub, wear away); trite now means a phrase worn thin by too much use
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
contriteadj/kənˈtɹaɪt/
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Sincerely penitent or feeling regret or sorrow, especially for one’s own actions.
- The Lord will happineſs divine / On contrite hearts beſtow : / Then tell me, gracious God, is mine / A contrite heart, or no ?
- He greeted Milo jovially each time they met and, in an excess of contrite generosity, impulsively recommended Major Major for promotion. The recommendation was rejected at once at Twenty-seventh Air Force Headquarters by ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen, who scribbled a brusque, unsigned reminder that the Army had only one Major Major Major Major and did not intend to lose him by promotion just to please Colonel Cathcart.
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obsoleteThoroughly bruised or broken.
contritenoun/kənˈtɹaɪt/
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A contrite person; a penitent.
- Secondly, that even where contrition or inward repentance doth cleanſe without abſolution ; the reaſon why it cometh ſo to paſs, is, becauſe ſuch contrites intend and deſire Abſolution, though they have it not.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。