Repent
[ r?'p?nt ]
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vt.& vi. 對（自己的所為）感到懊悔或懺悔;
adj. [植] 匍匐生根的;[動] 爬行的;
?? 詞根助記
re反+pent處罰→反過來懲罰自己→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.
我悔不該作出那種決定。
repent and start anew
悔過自新
Bitterly did we repent our decision.
我們非常后悔做此決定。
?? 聯想助記
【記】※ repent-后悔,serpent-蛇:農夫后悔救了那條蛇
※ re-前綴“再、又”,pen-鋼筆,t-拼音“偷”:鋼筆再次被偷,后悔自己不小心
※ re-前綴“再、又”,pen-關入欄中,t-拼音“特”:模特因犯同一個錯誤再次被關入欄中,非常后悔
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?? 牛津釋義
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) 對（自己的所為）感到懊悔、 痛心、 悔悟或懺悔
Repent (of your sins) and ask God's forgiveness. 你要懺悔, 請求上帝寬恕.
He bitterly repented his folly. 他對自己干的蠢事後悔已極.
I repent having been so generous to that scoundrel. 我後悔不該對那壞家伙如此寬宏大量.
2 (idm 習語) marry in haste, repent at leisure => marry.
?? 擴展釋義
*[ri'pent]vi. 后悔, 懊悔, 懺悔vt. 后悔a. 匍匐生根的
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That's OK. But you mustn't smoke while you're walking around in the bush either. You could start a bush fire.
沒關系。但是在叢林里走動時你也千萬不要抽煙，會引起火災的。
He did a lot of research and travelled around the USA looking for information about his ancestors.
他做了大量的研究，在美國跑了許多地方，了解有關祖先的情況。
Yes, but one thing is most unlikely to change.
對，但有一件事是最不可能改變的。