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Contrition is the feeling itself — the sorry-and-guilty feeling inside, not the word you say out loud. “She was full of contrition.” “He showed no contrition.” It is a rather high, formal noun.
Contrition is the feeling itselfContrition指的是那個感覺本身 — the sorry-and-guilty feeling inside心裡那種又抱歉又愧疚的感覺, not the word you say out loud不是你講出口的那句話. “She was full of contrition.”「她滿懷contrition。」 “He showed no contrition.”「他沒有表現出contrition。」 It is a rather high, formal noun這是個蠻文謅謅、正式的名詞
In church, especially Catholic church, it is a serious religious word for being sorry before God, and there is even a prayer called an Act of Contrition.
In church, especially Catholic church在教堂裡，尤其是天主教會, it is a serious religious word for being sorry before God這是個嚴肅的宗教用詞，指在上帝面前懺悔, and there is even a prayer called an Act of Contrition甚至還有一篇禱詞就叫Act of Contrition
In ordinary English most people would just say they felt terrible, or they regretted it, or they were really sorry. News writers like contrition when they ask whether a public person truly means the apology.
In ordinary English在一般英文裡 most people would just say they felt terrible大家通常就只說自己覺得很糟, or they regretted it或說很後悔, or they were really sorry或說真的很抱歉. News writers like contrition新聞寫手喜歡用contrition這個字 when they ask whether a public person truly means the apology當他們想問一個公眾人物的道歉是不是真心的時候
Though actually, showing contrition and feeling it are not always the same thing — and that is often the point of the sentence.
Though actually不過其實, showing contrition and feeling it表現出contrition跟真的感受到它 are not always the same thing不一定是同一回事 — and that is often the point of the sentence而這往往就是句子想講的重點
組成From Old French contriciun (French contrition), from Latin contrītiō — the same family as contrite: a heart “ground to pieces.”
同家族的字
- contritethe adjective — feeling this way
- contritelythe adverb — in this sorry way
原始詞典資料2 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。
contritionnoun/kənˈtɹɪʃən/
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The state of being contrite; sincere penitence or remorse.
- Jonathan's mother told Grace on a recent phone call that Jonathan showed no sign of remorse or contrition for his own sister's passing.
- President Trump on Tuesday showed no contrition or regret for instigating the mob that stormed the Capitol and threatened the lives of members of Congress and his vice president, saying that his remarks to a rally beforehand were “totally appropriate” and that the effort by Congress to impeach and convict him was “causing tremendous anger.”
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obsoleteThe act of grinding or rubbing to powder.
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。