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单词 contrite
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contrite

adjective
/kənˈtraɪt/, /ˈkɒntraɪt/
/kənˈtraɪt/
(formal)
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  1. very sorry for something bad that you have done
    • Her expression was contrite.
    • He looked so contrite that for a moment she nearly believed he really was sorry about what he had said.
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French contrit, from Latin contritus, past participle of conterere ‘grind down, wear away’, from con- ‘together’ + terere ‘rub’.
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