penance

英 [ˈpenəns]

美 [ˈpenəns]

n. 补赎; 悔罪; 修和圣事; 苦差事; 被迫做的事

复数：penances　

BNC.15780 / COCA.16731

牛津词典

noun

补赎；悔罪；修和圣事
an act that you give yourself to do, or that a priest gives you to do in order to show that you are sorry for sth you have done wrong
1. an act of penance
  赎罪善功
2. to do penance for your sins
  为自己的罪过做补赎
苦差事；被迫做的事
something that you have to do even though you do not like doing it
1. 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。

noun

a Catholic sacrament
voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
Synonym:self-mortificationself-abasement
remorse for your past conduct
Synonym:repentancepenitence

Myrrh has been associated with bitter repentance, mortification of the flesh, and penance.
没药与痛苦的悔改，苦修，忏悔联合。
Of penance, I have had enough!
忏悔嘛，我已经做得够多的了！
Acts of sacrifice, charity and penance are not to be given up; they must be performed. Indeed, sacrifice, charity and penance purify even the great souls.
祭祀、布施和苦行都不应放弃；这些活动都必须执行。实际上，祭祀、布施和苦行甚至可以净化伟大的灵魂。
It is my firm resolve that if I cannot find a shady shelter and a companion for my penance, I shall never turn ascetic.
这是我坚定的决心，如果我找不到一个荫凉的住处和一个忏悔的伴侣，我将永远不会变成一个苦行者。
We must do penance for our sins.
我们必须苦修赎罪。
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。
He performed severe penance for many years to gain enough power to become the king of the three worlds.
他苦行多年，获得了足够的功力而成为了三界的国王。
As a penance, she said she would buy them all a box of chocolates.
为表示歉意，她说要给他们每人买一盒巧克力。
And I wiII do penance for it for the rest of my life.
我要用我的余生忏悔。
If you really did penance you wouldn't have to.
如果你真的付钱赎罪可能就不用走了。