忏悔

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

为此，所说过的话，坐在灰尘中忏悔。

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。

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

羞愧地忏悔了——冷冰冰地退缩，像个蜗牛。

She knelt at her mother’s feet in penance.

她忏悔地跪在母亲脚下。

I could not confess all my sins to the priest.

不能向神父忏悔所有的罪孽。

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

Pietro Perugino, Italian painter 急切地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，一天有不同的名字，比如燕麦饼之夜、牛肉麦片汤、忏悔之夜。

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，流氓无赖无一不让们心向往之。们并不善于准确判断风险，一次次的调查表明，们对于犯罪行为的恐惧大大超出了正常范围。