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penance n.自我惩罚；忏悔；赎罪v.使忏悔 (1) 他已经为赎罪自我惩罚了，我们应该原谅他。(2) 她把住在纽约视为一件苦事,她讨厌大都市。(3) 没有忏悔就谈不上宽恕。(4) 是啊。我是在为上星期忘了她生日赎罪。 Although the noun penance can mean any remorse for past mistakes, or any voluntary action meant to right the wrong, Penance, with a capital P, also specifically refers to a sacrament in the Catholic Church. When a person receives Penance, he or she confesses sins to a priest, and along with a blessing, receives an order to do something, such as say certain prayers. This assignment is also called penance.

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英 ['penəns] 美 ['penəns] (1) He had done penance for his sins, we should forgive him.(2) She regards living in New York as a penance; she hates big cities.(3) There is no absolution without penance.(4) Yeah. I'm doing penance for forgetting her birthday last week. Penance is the act of doing a good deed to make up for past wrongs. Shoveling your neighbor's sidewalk all winter could be your penance for not helping rake the leaves that dropped from your tree into his yard during the fall. 1[N-VAR 可变名词]补赎；悔罪；忏悔 If you do penance for something wrong that you have done, you do something that you find unpleasant to show that you are sorry. ...a time of fasting, penance and pilgrimage...斋戒、补赎和朝圣的时代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。

英语单词	penance
英美音标	英 ['penəns] 美 ['penəns]
中文释义	n.自我惩罚；忏悔；赎罪 v.使忏悔
英语例句	(1) He had done penance for his sins, we should forgive him. (2) She regards living in New York as a penance; she hates big cities. (3) There is no absolution without penance. (4) Yeah. I'm doing penance for forgetting her birthday last week.
中文例句	(1) 他已经为赎罪自我惩罚了，我们应该原谅他。 (2) 她把住在纽约视为一件苦事,她讨厌大都市。 (3) 没有忏悔就谈不上宽恕。 (4) 是啊。我是在为上星期忘了她生日赎罪。
vocabulary简明	Penance is the act of doing a good deed to make up for past wrongs. Shoveling your neighbor's sidewalk all winter could be your penance for not helping rake the leaves that dropped from your tree into his yard during the fall.
vocabulary扩展	Although the noun penance can mean any remorse for past mistakes, or any voluntary action meant to right the wrong, Penance, with a capital P, also specifically refers to a sacrament in the Catholic Church. When a person receives Penance, he or she confesses sins to a priest, and along with a blessing, receives an order to do something, such as say certain prayers. This assignment is also called penance.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-VAR 可变名词]补赎；悔罪；忏悔 If you do penance for something wrong that you have done, you do something that you find unpleasant to show that you are sorry. ...a time of fasting, penance and pilgrimage... 斋戒、补赎和朝圣的时代 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。

Penance Past Receives 英 Penəns] 美 Penəns N.自我惩罚；忏悔；赎罪 V.使忏悔