| 单词 | penance |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['penəns] |
| 解释 | n.自我惩罚 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 自我惩罚(an act of self-abatement) 【记】 pen(惩罚)＋ance→惩 罚→自我惩罚 |
| 字源 | penance (n.) late 13c., "religious discipline or self-mortification as a token of repentance and as atonement for some sin," from Anglo-French penaunce, Old French peneance (12c.), from Latin pænitentia (see penitence). Transferred sense is recorded from c.1300. |
| 不择手段背单词 | 无 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】源自penitence 悔罪；pena- 开头的都是惩罚 【相关】penalty 处罚 |
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