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单词 remorse
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Definition of remorse in English:

remorse

noun rɪˈmɔːsrəˈmɔrs
mass noun
  • Deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed.

    they were filled with remorse and shame
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Further, he has even not shown any remorse for what he put this person, his family and his practice through.
    • She did not even feel the slightest bit of anger or remorse as she felt her hands lift up the gun.
    • Although filled with remorse, he does so, and they exchange their stories.
    • She felt no remorse, not even the tiniest twinge of guilt for what she had just done.
    • These are often characterised by feelings of shame, regret, remorse and anxiety.
    • Very often he is feeling guilt or shame or remorse for something he has done.
    • Such prisoners will probably not express contrition or remorse or sympathy for any victim.
    • Given the chance, as a young man, he would nap till noon without remorse or regret.
    • They showed desperation, ruthlessness and remorse among other things.
    • Let us not create heroes even before they show any remorse and repentance for their acts of terrorism?
    • However, the periods of remorse do not inhibit further episodes of acting out behaviour.
    • He turned away from her a bit, but Chantal could see he was hurt and felt instant remorse.
    • He has a romantic streak and, full of remorse and resentment, is deeply upset by the feud with his mother.
    • How on Earth can anyone be expected to show remorse, for something they say they didn't do?
    • Often beset by regret and remorse they seek, but do not always find, redemption in various forms.
    • There was no remorse or guilt in any of the conspirators, only pride at doing the right thing.
    • He is called upon to express remorse and modified anguish a couple of times, which he carries off easily.
    • When faced with the sight of the dead crocodile, the man was filled with tremendous remorse and burst into tears.
    • This leads to feelings of loss, guilt and remorse and sets in progress the process of mourning.
    • Nathan's body slumped to the ground, his eyes filled with hate and for once a bit of remorse.
    Synonyms
    contrition, deep regret, repentance, penitence, guilt, feelings of guilt, bad/guilty conscience, compunction, remorsefulness, ruefulness, contriteness, sorrow, shame, self-reproach, self-accusation, self-condemnation
    pangs of conscience

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French remors, from medieval Latin remorsus, from Latin remordere 'vex', from re- (expressing intensive force) + mordere 'to bite'.

  • The idea behind remorse is of regret or guilt that eats away at you, prompting you to repent. The word goes back to Latin remordere ‘to annoy, trouble’. The first part of the word, re-, adds intensity, and the second is mordere ‘to bite’. As re- most often means ‘again’ in a word, remorse was literally translated in Middle English as ‘again-bite’. There is a famous English religious work called Agenbite of Inwyt (‘Remorse of Conscience’) written c.1340. James Joyce used the expression in Ulysses (1922), thereby introducing it to a wider audience.

 
 

Definition of remorse in US English:

remorse

nounrəˈmôrsrəˈmɔrs
  • Deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed.

    they were filled with remorse and shame
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Such prisoners will probably not express contrition or remorse or sympathy for any victim.
    • Further, he has even not shown any remorse for what he put this person, his family and his practice through.
    • She felt no remorse, not even the tiniest twinge of guilt for what she had just done.
    • Very often he is feeling guilt or shame or remorse for something he has done.
    • Often beset by regret and remorse they seek, but do not always find, redemption in various forms.
    • This leads to feelings of loss, guilt and remorse and sets in progress the process of mourning.
    • He is called upon to express remorse and modified anguish a couple of times, which he carries off easily.
    • There was no remorse or guilt in any of the conspirators, only pride at doing the right thing.
    • Let us not create heroes even before they show any remorse and repentance for their acts of terrorism?
    • He turned away from her a bit, but Chantal could see he was hurt and felt instant remorse.
    • How on Earth can anyone be expected to show remorse, for something they say they didn't do?
    • However, the periods of remorse do not inhibit further episodes of acting out behaviour.
    • Given the chance, as a young man, he would nap till noon without remorse or regret.
    • Although filled with remorse, he does so, and they exchange their stories.
    • These are often characterised by feelings of shame, regret, remorse and anxiety.
    • They showed desperation, ruthlessness and remorse among other things.
    • She did not even feel the slightest bit of anger or remorse as she felt her hands lift up the gun.
    • Nathan's body slumped to the ground, his eyes filled with hate and for once a bit of remorse.
    • He has a romantic streak and, full of remorse and resentment, is deeply upset by the feud with his mother.
    • When faced with the sight of the dead crocodile, the man was filled with tremendous remorse and burst into tears.
    Synonyms
    contrition, deep regret, repentance, penitence, guilt, feelings of guilt, bad conscience, guilty conscience, compunction, remorsefulness, ruefulness, contriteness, sorrow, shame, self-reproach, self-accusation, self-condemnation

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French remors, from medieval Latin remorsus, from Latin remordere ‘vex’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + mordere ‘to bite’.

 
 
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