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

• A person who whips himself as a religious penance.
  鞭打自己来作为宗教上的忏悔的人。
• 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。
• 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。
• There is no penance hard enough for me.
  我再怎么忏悔也难补偿。
• He received an axe after doing penance for Shiva.
  他为湿婆作了忏悔后获得一把斧头。
• Of penance, I have had enough!
  忏悔嘛，我已经做得够多的了！
• 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。
• Formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance.
  在忏悔仪式上牧师所布道的拯救行为。
• 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。