remorse

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɹɪˈmɔː(ɹ)s/    美 /ɹɪˈmɔɹs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning. countable,uncountable
    — In criminal proceedings, empirical studies have shown that remorse plays an important role in observers’ judgments of defendants.
  2. Sorrow; pity; compassion. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — This is the bloodiest shame, The wildest savagery, the vilest stroke, That ever wall-eyed wrath or staring rage Presented to the tears of soft remorse.
动词 v.
  1. To experience remorse or sorrow; to regret. intransitive
    — And if we look abroad, to take a view of men as they are, we shall find that they remorse in one place, for doing or omitting that which others, in another place, think they merit by.

词形变化

remorses plural remorce alternative,obsolete remorses present,singular,third-person remorsing participle,present remorsed participle,past remorsed past remorce alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
agenbite remorse rue ruth compunction contrition guilt penitence repentance self-reproach sorriness
反义词
apathy irrepentance nonrepentance unremorsefulness unrepentance
上位词
sadness
衍生词
buyer's remorse buyers' remorse remorseless seller's remorse
相关词
mordant morsel remorseful remorsefully remorseless remorselessly apology

词源

词源 1
First attested circa 14th century as Middle English remors, from Old French remors, from Medieval Latin remorsus, from Latin remordeō (“to torment, vex”, literally “to bite back”), from re- + mordeō (“to bite”). More at remord.
词源 2
First attested circa 14th century as Middle English remors, from Old French remors, from Medieval Latin remorsus, from Latin remordeō (“to torment, vex”, literally “to bite back”), from re- + mordeō (“to bite”). More at remord.
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