penance
听听怎么读
英 [ˈpenəns]
美 [ˈpɛnəns]
是什么意思
(赎罪的)苦行,苦修;
变形
复数:penances
英英释义
penance[ 'penəns ]
- n.
- remorse for your past conduct
同义词:repentancepenitence
- a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and satisfaction and absolution
- voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
同义词:self-mortificationself-abasement
- remorse for your past conduct
学习怎么用
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
- He had done penance for his sins, we should forgive him.
他已经为赎罪自我惩罚了,我们应该原谅他。 - 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。 - There is no absolution without penance.
没有忏悔就谈不上宽恕。 - She knelt at her mother's feet in penance.
她忏悔地跪在母亲脚下。 - 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。
权威例句
Penance in the Parish. [with Reply]Penance in Medieval Europe 600–1200Penance, Punishment and the Limits of CommunityPenance and the Making of the Inquisition in Languedoc'Take this penance now, and afterwards the fare will improve': seafood and late medieval dietMonks Who Have Sex: "Pārājika"Penance in Indian Buddhist MonasticismsThe Humiliation of Sinners: Public Penance in Thirteenth-Century FranceThe politics of remorse: penance and royal piety in the reign of Æthelred the UnreadyWhen Talk Is Not Cheap: Substantive Penance and Expressions of Intent in Rebuilding CooperationVatican Orders Scottish Cardinal out of Country; Rare Public Sanction Forces Months of 'Prayer and Penance.'; RELIGION