Penance
[ 'p?n?ns ]
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n. （贖罪的）苦行，苦修;
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pen, pun Pen,pun=penalty,表示”處罰”
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We must do penance for our sins.
我們必須苦修贖罪。
To do penance and leave home
受戒出家
We must do penance for our sins.
我們必須苦修贖罪。
To impose penance upon.
使悔過，使悔罪
a mortifying penance
一次修行的懺悔
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源自 penitence 悔罪；pena- 開頭的都是懲罰
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penance
n
1 [C, U] ~ (for sth) punishment that one imposes on oneself to show that one is sorry for having done wrong （表示懺悔的）自我懲罰: an act of penance 自懲
do penance (ie perform an act that shows one is sorry) for one's sins 為贖罪進行自我懲罰
(joc 謔) She made him do the washing-up as
(a) penance for forgetting her birthday. 因為他把她生日忘了, 所以她罰他洗碗.
2 [U] (in the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches) sacrament that includes confession, absolution and an act of penance imposed by the priest （天主教和東正教的）補贖圣事, 告解圣事, 修和圣事.
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*['pen?ns]n. 自我懲罰, 懺悔, 悔過, 贖罪, 苦修vt. 使悔罪, 使贖罪
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It's nice to see young love.... Oh, to be young again!
真高興看見年輕人相愛……。啊 能再恢復(fù)年輕多好
If we cannot get what we like, we have to like what we can get.
隨遇而安。
What a pity!
真遺憾！