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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

    双语例句

    • 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。
    • For me, it's more penance than a passion.
      对我来说,这痛苦的成份多于热情。
    • 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。
    • He performed severe penance for many years to gain enough power to become the king of the three worlds.
      他苦行多年,获得了足够的功力而成为了三界的国王。
    • There is no penance hard enough for me.
      我再怎么忏悔也难补偿。
    • 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。
    • And this is his penance too, to live without us.
      这也是对他的惩罚,失去我们而生活。
    • There is a period of penance, fasting, self-denial, and repentance.
      有一个赎罪、斋戒、自制与忏悔的阶段。
    • 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。
    • We must do penance for our sins.
      我们必须苦修赎罪。