sackcloth

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

Eco-mothers who want to avoid sackcloth and ashes for their little ones could turn to Stella McCartney, whose Kids range is celebrating its first birthday.
想為他們的小朋友避免麻布和灰燼的媽媽們可能會轉(zhuǎn)而選擇斯特拉·麥卡特尼。他的孩子類服裝剛滿一周年。
His officials said to him, 'Look, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads.
他的臣仆對他說，我們聽說以色列王都是仁慈的王，現(xiàn)在我們不如腰束麻布，頭套繩索，出去投降以色列王，或者他存留王的性命。
Repent your sins, shave your head, cover your amply loins with sackcloth, sit at the temple gate and beg or drawn yourself in sarayu after praying for a cleaner life at least in the next birth. . .
為你的罪惡感到后悔吧，削去你的頭發(fā)，用粗麻布遮起你那豐碩的腰身。坐在廟前乞討，或者跳下卡克拉河，去祈禱讓你至少下輩子有個純凈的人生吧。

Not for them the sackcloth and ashes of their fathers and repentance for crimes they did not commit.
ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

Sackcloth is rough woven material that is used to make sacks.
If you talk about sackcloth or sackcloth and ashes you are referring to an exaggerated attempt by someone to show that they are sorry for doing something wrong.