忏悔

She knelt at her mother’s feet in penance.

她忏悔跪在母亲脚下。

6 Therefore I reprehend myself, and do penance in dust and ashes.

为此，我收回我所说过的话，坐在灰尘中忏悔。

I confess it with shame--shrunk icily into myself, like a snail.

我羞愧忏悔了——冷缩，像个蜗牛。

Columban introduced to Europe the Irish penitential discipline, including private confession.

高隆邦把包括私下忏悔在内的爱尔兰苦修条例介绍给了欧洲。

St Ambrose would weep bitter tears when confessing a sinner.

圣安布罗斯聆听罪人忏悔时，会流下悲苦的泪水。

I could not confess all my sins to the priest.

我不能神父忏悔我所有的罪孽。

I am curious to see what happens in the next world to one who dies un--shriven.

Pietro Perugino, Italian painter 我急切想知道没有忏悔的人死去后，在别一个世界会怎么样。

Around Scotland the day had different names such as Bannock Night, Beef Brose and Shriften E'en.

在苏格兰周围，这一天有不同的名字，比如燕夜、牛肉片汤、忏悔夜。

The priest confessed the criminal.

神父听取那罪犯的忏悔。

We are fascinated by rogues, from Chaucer's Pardoner to Del Boy. 9 We are bad at risk-assessment, and repeated surveys show that we fear crime far more than is justified.

从乔叟笔下的忏悔者到热播喜剧中的人物德尔小子，这些流氓无赖无一不让我们心往。我们并不善于准确判断风险，一次次的调查表明，我们对于犯罪行为的恐惧大大超出了正常范围。