penance

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

Translation

vt. 使…以苦行贖罪
n. 苦修;懺悔
Word Forms
複數penances

Phrases & Collocations

do penance

做苦行

act of penance

贖罪行爲

penance ritual

苦修儀式

Example Sentences

They had confessed their sins and done their penance.

他們已經告罪並做了補贖。

he had done public penance for those hasty words.

他爲那些草率的話而當衆自我懲罰。

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

一件使其爲冒犯他人的過錯而懺悔的剛毛襯衣。

She knelt at her mother’s feet in penance.

她懺悔地跪在母親腳下。

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

你願意以苦刑贖你的罪嗎,孩子?

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

爲此,我收回我所說過的話,坐在灰塵中懺悔。

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