| 释义 |
- n.补赎；悔罪；修和圣事；苦差事
- v.使苦行赎罪；处罚
- 网络忏悔；苦修；告解
复数：penances 过去分词：penanced 现在分词：penancing 1. | [c][ususing][u] 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 |
| | | to do penance for your sins 为自己的罪过做补赎 |
2. | [sing] 苦差事；被迫做的事something that you have to do even though you do not like doing it |
| She regards living in New York as a penance; she hates big cities. 她把住在纽约视为苦事，她讨厌大都市。 |
n. | 1. self-punishment or an act of religious devotion performed to show sorrow for having committed a sin 2. a duty or religious devotion imposed by a priest during the sacrament of confession in some Christian churches 3. a sacrament in some Christian churches in which a person confesses sins to a priest and is forgiven after performing a religious devotion or duty such as praying or fasting 4. punishment or suffering that you accept, especially because of your religious beliefs, to show that you are sorry for something bad that you have done 1. self-punishment or an act of religious devotion performed to show sorrow for having committed a sin 2. a duty or religious devotion imposed by a priest during the sacrament of confession in some Christian churches 3. a sacrament in some Christian churches in which a person confesses sins to a priest and is forgiven after performing a religious devotion or duty such as praying or fasting 4. punishment or suffering that you accept, especially because of your religious beliefs, to show that you are sorry for something bad that you have done | v. | 1. to make somebody do penance for a sin |
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