penance

penance读音音标

英 [ˈpenəns]

美 [ˈpɛnəns]

penance意思解释

n.

（赎罪的）苦行，苦修；

变形

复数：penances

英英释义

n.

remorse for your past conduct

同义词：repentancepenitence

a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and satisfaction and absolution

voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing

同义词：self-mortificationself-abasement

双语例句

用作名词(n.)He had done penance for his sins, we should forgive him.他已经为赎罪自我惩罚了，我们应该原谅他。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。There is no absolution without penance.没有忏悔就谈不上宽恕。She knelt at her mother\'s feet in penance.她忏悔地跪在母亲脚下。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。