| 释义 |
penance nounadjective | verb + penance | preposition | phrases adjective➤public公开补赎verb + penance➤do, pay赎罪◆has anyone ever paid a higher penance for telling a lie?有人为说谎而加倍补赎过吗？preposition➤as a penance作为忏悔◆he devoted his life to helping the poor as a penance for his past crimes.他终生致力于帮助穷人，作为对以前所犯罪行的忏悔。➤in penance忏悔地◆she kneeled at her mother's feet in penance.她跪在母亲脚下表达忏悔。➤penance for因为⋯的悔罪◆he decided to do public penance for his sins.他决定为他的罪孽作公开补赎。phrases➤an act of penance赎罪善功penance/ˈpenəns ||; ˈpɛnəns/noun [c,u] a punishment that you give yourself to show you are sorry for doing sth wrong 自我赎罪的苦行 pen·ance /`pɛnəns; ˈpenəns/n [c,u]a punishment that you accept, especially for religious reasons, to show that you are sorry for doing something bad ［尤因宗教原因或表示忏悔的］（自我）惩罚 |