penance
英 ['penəns]
美['pɛnəns]
- vt. 使…以苦行赎罪
- n. 苦修；忏悔
英英释意
- 1. remorse for your past conduct
- 2. a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and satisfaction and absolution
- 3. voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
双语例句
- 1. The Koran recommends fasting as a penance before pilgrimages.
- 《古兰经》劝告人们在朝圣前斋戒，以作为一种补赎。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. an act of penance
- 赎罪善功
来自《权威词典》
- 3. They had confessed their sins and done their penance.
- 他们已经告罪并做了补赎.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Are you willing to do penance for your sins, my son?
- 你愿意以苦刑赎你的罪吗, 孩子?
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. She knelt at her mother's feet in penance.
- 她忏悔地跪在母亲脚下.
来自《简明英汉词典》