Contrite
Contrite 是一个形容词。形容一个人对自己犯下的错误感到非常不安并真心想要道歉。
- He looked truly contrite as he apologized for his mistake. (他在为自己的错误道歉时，看起来确实深感悔悟。)
- She wrote a contrite letter to her parents, asking for their forgiveness. (她给父母写了一封情真意切的忏悔信，请求他们的原谅。)
- The judge gave him a lighter sentence because he appeared contrite. (法官因为他表现出悔意而给了他较轻的判罚。)
- 词根：
-trit-(磨，如 attrition 磨损，trite 陈腐的) - 前缀：
con-(一起) - 含义：内心被磨碎了 -> 痛悔。
联想 attrition (磨损)。内心被内疚感“磨损（trit）”了，这就是 contrite (痛悔)。
Despite his contrite expression, many people doubted whether he had really changed. (尽管他表情悔恨，许多人还是怀疑他是否真的改变了。)