penance

英 [ˈpenəns]

美 [ˈpenəns]

n.  补赎; 悔罪; 修和圣事; 苦差事; 被迫做的事

复数：penances　

GRE

BNC.15780 / COCA.16731

牛津词典

noun

• 补赎；悔罪；修和圣事
  an act that you give yourself to do, or that a priest gives you to do in order to show that you are sorry for sth you have done wrong
  1. an act of penance
     赎罪善功
  2. to do penance for your sins
     为自己的罪过做补赎
• 苦差事；被迫做的事
  something that you have to do even though you do not like doing it
  1. She regards living in New York as a penance; she hates big cities.
     她把住在纽约视为一件苦事——她讨厌大都市。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 补赎；悔罪；忏悔
  If you dopenancefor something wrong that you have done, you do something that you find unpleasant to show that you are sorry.
  1. ...a time of fasting, penance and pilgrimage...
     斋戒、补赎和朝圣的时代
  2. The Koran recommends fasting as a penance before pilgrimages.
     《古兰经》劝告人们在朝圣前斋戒，以作为一种补赎。

英英释义

noun

• a Catholic sacrament
• voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
  Synonym:self-mortificationself-abasement
• remorse for your past conduct
  Synonym:repentancepenitence

双语例句

• Yeah. I'm doing penance for forgetting her birthday last week.
  是啊。我是在为上星期忘了她生日赎罪。
• If you really did penance you wouldn't have to.
  如果你真的付钱赎罪可能就不用走了。
• Searing Light ( Holy): Now also increases the damage of your Holy Nova and Penance spells.
  灼热之光（神圣）：现在同样增加神圣新星与苦行的伤害。
• He believed the death of his child was penance for his sins.
  他认为孩子的死是对他罪过的惩罚。
• Myrrh has been associated with bitter repentance, mortification of the flesh, and penance.
  没药与痛苦的悔改，苦修，忏悔联合。
• The king of the gods had to perform penance to atone for his transgression.
  众神之王不得不以苦行来为自己的过错赎罪。
• History slowly smothers its truth, but hastily struggles to revive it in the terrible penance of pain.
  历史缓慢地将真理窒息，但又仓促地在忏悔巨大痛苦中竭力令其复活。
• They are doing penance for their sins.
  他们正在为自己所犯的罪而悔过。
• The Koran recommends fasting as a penance before pilgrimages.
  《古兰经》劝告人们在朝圣前斋戒，以作为一种补赎。
• You catch murderers to pay off your penance.
  你抓凶手就是为了赎自己的罪。