penance
柯林斯詞典
1. N-VAR If you do penance for something wrong that you have done, you do something that you find unpleasant to show that you are sorry. 贖罪; 悔罪; 懺悔
...a time of fasting, penance, and pilgrimage. ...齋戒、贖罪和朝聖的一個(gè)時(shí)代。
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penance /?p?n?ns/ (penances)
劍橋詞典
- an act that shows that you feel sorry about something that you have done, sometimes for religious reasons
悔過(guò)，悔罪；補(bǔ)贖
As a penance, she said she would buy them all a box of chocolates . 爲(wèi)了表示歉意，她說(shuō)她要給他們每個(gè)人都買一盒巧尅力。
They are doing penance for their sins . 他們正在爲(wèi)自己的罪過(guò)而懺悔。 返回 penance