单词：penance
vt. 使悔罪, 使赎罪
n. voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
考试类型：[GRE]
penance的用法和样例：
例句
- He had done penance for his sins, we should forgive him.他已经为赎罪自我惩罚了，我们应该原谅他。
- 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。
- There is no absolution without penance.没有忏悔就谈不上宽恕。
- She knelt at her mother's feet in penance.她忏悔地跪在母亲脚下。
- 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。
经典引文
'And now for your penance' the priest said. 'Say the litany of the Saints.'
出自：P. KavanaghI offered up prayers at Benediction in penance for shouting at you.
出自：B. Moore
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