penance

英 [ˈpenəns]

美 [ˈpenəns]

n. 补赎; 悔罪; 修和圣事; 苦差事; 被迫做的事

复数：penances　

BNC.15780 / COCA.16731

牛津词典

noun

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
1. an act of penance
  赎罪善功
2. to do penance for your sins
  为自己的罪过做补赎
苦差事；被迫做的事
something that you have to do even though you do not like doing it
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。

noun

a Catholic sacrament
voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
Synonym:self-mortificationself-abasement
remorse for your past conduct
Synonym:repentancepenitence

We must do penance for our sins.
我们必须苦修赎罪。
Yeah. I'm doing penance for forgetting her birthday last week.
是啊。我是在为上星期忘了她生日赎罪。
It is my firm resolve that if I cannot find a shady shelter and a companion for my penance, I shall never turn ascetic.
这是我坚定的决心，如果我找不到一个荫凉的住处和一个忏悔的伴侣，我将永远不会变成一个苦行者。
They had confessed their sins and done their penance.
他们已经告罪并做了补赎。
Searing Light ( Holy): Now also increases the damage of your Holy Nova and Penance spells.
灼热之光（神圣）：现在同样增加神圣新星与苦行的伤害。
Jogging becomes a sort of penance for our sins of gluttony, greed, and waste.
慢跑成了我们对自己的暴殄，贪婪，以及浪费的赎罪。
The king of the gods had to perform penance to atone for his transgression.
众神之王不得不以苦行来为自己的过错赎罪。
Acts of sacrifice, charity and penance are not to be given up; they must be performed. Indeed, sacrifice, charity and penance purify even the great souls.
祭祀、布施和苦行都不应放弃；这些活动都必须执行。实际上，祭祀、布施和苦行甚至可以净化伟大的灵魂。
He believed the death of his child was penance for his sins.
他认为孩子的死是对他罪过的惩罚。
They are doing penance for their sins.
他们正在为自己所犯的罪而悔过。