act of contrition

常见例句

After all, how effective is an act of contrition -- whether proffered over the Web or otherwise -- that comes many, many years late?
毕竟，无论是通过网络或是其他途径，迟来很多很多年的忏悔行为有什么用？
An act of perfect contrition is essential to save our souls, when being in danger of death and in a state of mortal sin we cannot go to Confession.
答：凡有死的危险，带着大罪又不得修和时，就该发上等痛悔，才救得灵魂。
James Tibbets, son of Brig. Gen. Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., says Friday's visit to Hiroshima by U.S. Ambassador John Roos is an act of contrition that his late father would never have approved.
詹姆斯·蒂贝茨，美国空军少将保罗·蒂贝茨之子, 称其去世的父亲决不会赞同美国大使约翰·罗斯的广岛之行，这是一种悔罪举动。

Before we accept his act of contrition at the temple of Oprah, Armstrong needs to make amends with the several people and entities he took vicious aim at for accusing him of using performance enhancing substances.
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Until recently, it had been widely assumed that, instead of staying in office until September 1999, he would resign as an act of contrition for his party's dismal showing in the July election and for the country's financial mess.
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