"penitential tears"
"wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words"
双语例句
1. I spent a penitential weekend augmenting the green acceptable.
我临时唯有利用周末在每顶绿帽子上加一点红色上去,以免男性来宾不肯戴上.
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2. The word also had a penitential meaning.
这个字也有悔罪的意思.
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用作形容词 (adj.)
The penitential canons are imposed only on the living, and, according to the canons themselves, nothing should be imposed on the dying. 悔罪的教义只能加于生者之身，并且根据教义自身，不应该有加于死者之上的。
