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

• As a penance, she said she would buy them all a box of chocolates.
  为表示歉意，她说要给他们每人买一盒巧克力。
• There is no penance hard enough for me.
  我再怎么忏悔也难补偿。
• A person who whips himself as a religious penance.
  鞭打自己来作为宗教上的忏悔的人。
• Of penance, I have had enough!
  忏悔嘛，我已经做得够多的了！
• I mean, you've been banished to the tool shed to do your penance.
  我是说，你都被放逐到工具储藏室来忏悔了。
• 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。
• We must do penance for our sins.
  我们必须苦修赎罪。
• 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。
• You catch murderers to pay off your penance.
  你抓凶手就是为了赎自己的罪。
• Acts of sacrifice, charity and penance are not to be given up; they must be performed. Indeed, sacrifice, charity and penance purify even the great souls.
  祭祀、布施和苦行都不应放弃；这些活动都必须执行。实际上，祭祀、布施和苦行甚至可以净化伟大的灵魂。