penance

[US]/ˈpenəns/
[UK]/ˈpenəns/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. 使…以苦行赎罪
n. 苦修;忏悔
Word Forms
复数penances

Phrases & Collocations

do penance

做苦行

act of penance

赎罪行为

penance ritual

苦修仪式

Example Sentences

They had confessed their sins and done their penance.

他们已经告罪并做了补赎。

he had done public penance for those hasty words.

他为那些草率的话而当众自我惩罚。

a hair shirt to penance him for his folly in offending.

一件使其为冒犯他人的过错而忏悔的刚毛衬衣。

She knelt at her mother’s feet in penance.

她忏悔地跪在母亲脚下。

Are you willing to do penance for your sins,my son?

你愿意以苦刑赎你的罪吗,孩子?

6 Therefore I reprehend myself, and do penance in dust and ashes.

为此,我收回我所说过的话,坐在灰尘中忏悔。

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