Penance
[ 'pɛnəns ]
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n. （赎罪的）苦行，苦修;
💡 词根助记
pen, pun Pen,pun=penalty,表示”处罚”
📝 例句
We must do penance for our sins.
我们必须苦修赎罪。
To do penance and leave home
受戒出家
We must do penance for our sins.
我们必须苦修赎罪。
To impose penance upon.
使悔过，使悔罪
a mortifying penance
一次修行的忏悔
🌱 联想助记
源自 penitence 悔罪；pena- 开头的都是惩罚
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
penance
n
1 [C, U] ~ (for sth) punishment that one imposes on oneself to show that one is sorry for having done wrong （表示忏悔的）自我惩罚: an act of penance 自惩
do penance (ie perform an act that shows one is sorry) for one's sins 为赎罪进行自我惩罚
(joc 谑) She made him do the washing-up as
(a) penance for forgetting her birthday. 因为他把她生日忘了, 所以她罚他洗碗.
2 [U] (in the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches) sacrament that includes confession, absolution and an act of penance imposed by the priest （天主教和东正教的）补赎圣事, 告解圣事, 修和圣事.
🔁 扩展释义
*['penәns]n. 自我惩罚, 忏悔, 悔过, 赎罪, 苦修vt. 使悔罪, 使赎罪
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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When is the wedding?
什么时候举行婚礼呢？
That won't happen, will it?
不会吧？
You may have heard of Birth Control.
你们也许听说过控制人口出生的措施。