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penance

英 /ˈpenəns/美 /ˈpenəns/
  • n.
    忏悔；苦修；苦差事
  • v.
    使忏悔；使苦修
复数penances
第三人称单数penances
现在分词penancing
过去式penanced
过去分词penanced
GRE

双语例句

  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。
    来自《牛津词典》
  2. Of penance, I have had enough!
    忏悔嘛，我已经做得够多的了！
  3. It is not mortification, a penance.
    这不是羞辱，而是苦行。

网络短语

  • Sacrament of Penance
    告解礼；告解；圣事
  • public penance
    明补赎；公开补赎；当众做补赎
  • Arjuna's Penance
    阿周那的苦行；阿周那的苦修
  • Penance for Politicians
    政客赎罪
  • Angels of Penance
    忏悔天使

同义词

n.
confessionshrift
苦修；忏悔

词义分布

忏悔
72.7%
苦修
27.3%

英英释义

  • n.remorse for your past conduct
  • n.a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and satisfaction and absolution
  • n.voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing

词源

  • penance
    来自中世纪英语penaunce, 来自盎格鲁-诺曼语, 来自古法语peneance, 来自拉丁语paenitentia("penitence").
  • penance悔罪，赎罪
    来自古法语peneance,来自拉丁语paenitentia,忏悔，悔罪，词源同penitence.
  • penance
    From Middle English penaunce, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French peneance, from Latin paenitentia ‎(“penitence”).