repent TEM4 ( repenting, repented, repents )

动词读作rɪˈpɛnt。形容词读作ˈriːpənt。

• 1. 

  V-I If you repent, you show or say that you are sorry for something wrong you have done. 悔悟; 悔恨; 忏悔

  例：

  Those who refuse to repent, he said, will be punished.

  他说，那些不肯悔悟的人将受到惩罚。

• 2. 

  ADJ lying or creeping along the ground; reptant 爬地的; 匍匐生的 [botany]

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