Repent
[ rɪ'pɛnt ]
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vt.& vi. 对（自己的所为）感到懊悔或忏悔;
adj. [植] 匍匐生根的;[动] 爬行的;
💡 词根助记
re反+pent处罚→反过来惩罚自己→后悔，悔悟
📝 例句
He hath repented him of his sins.
彼已悔罪。
All right! You shall repent this.
好!以后不要懊悔。
I repented my decision.
我悔不该作出那种决定。
repent and start anew
悔过自新
Bitterly did we repent our decision.
我们非常后悔做此决定。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ repent-后悔,serpent-蛇:农夫后悔救了那条蛇
※ re-前缀“再、又”,pen-钢笔,t-拼音“偷”:钢笔再次被偷,后悔自己不小心
※ re-前缀“再、又”,pen-关入栏中,t-拼音“特”:模特因犯同一个错误再次被关入栏中,非常后悔
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
repent
v
1 [I, Ipr, Tn, Tg]
~ (of sth) (fml esp religion 文, 尤用於宗教) feel regret or sorrow about (sth one has done or failed to do) 对（自己的所为）感到懊悔、 痛心、 悔悟或忏悔
Repent (of your sins) and ask God's forgiveness. 你要忏悔, 请求上帝宽恕.
He bitterly repented his folly. 他对自己干的蠢事後悔已极.
I repent having been so generous to that scoundrel. 我後悔不该对那坏家伙如此宽宏大量.
2 (idm 习语) marry in haste, repent at leisure => marry.
🔁 扩展释义
*[ri'pent]vi. 后悔, 懊悔, 忏悔vt. 后悔a. 匍匐生根的
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I agree with Bob. I think we should have a picture of the computer and give a description of the product.
我同意鲍勃的意见。我认为我们该拍一张计算机的照片，并作产品说明。
We should learn the value of money and learn how many hours' work has to be done before we can buy something.
我们应该认识到钱的价值，知道要干多少小时的活，我们才能买某件物品。
Among the different types of bee, it is the honey bee that has most interested scientists because of the language they use to communicate with each other.
在这些不同种类的蜂中，因为蜜蜂能用"语言相互传递信息，科学家们对它们最感兴趣。