Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #11258
indulgence
给予赎罪券
To provide with an indulgence.
- 1.
To provide with an indulgence.
给予赎罪券
In use
In medieval times, a priest could indulgence a sinner who had performed an assigned penance.
The bishop indulgenced hundreds of pilgrims at the shrine, reducing their time in purgatory.
After confessing his sins, the knight asked the abbot to indulgence him, and the abbot agreed.
indulgence sb
动词用法中，宾语是被授予赎罪券的对象；此用法多见于宗教语境。
The bishop indulgenced the penitents.
主教为忏悔者颁赐了赎罪券。
Verb forms
base indulgence · third person indulgences · -ing indulgencing · past indulgenced · past participle indulgenced
规则动词，意为‘颁发赎罪券’。
Connections
Collocations
- indulgence a penitent
- 给忏悔者颁赐赎罪券
- The priest indulgences a penitent after confession.告解之后，神父为忏悔者颁赐赎罪券。
- indulgence a pilgrim
- 给朝圣者颁赐赎罪券
- The church indulgences a pilgrim upon arrival at the shrine.教堂在朝圣者抵达圣所时为其颁赐赎罪券。
- indulgence the faithful
- 为信徒颁赐赎罪券
- The pope indulgenced the faithful who prayed for peace.教皇为祈祷和平的信徒颁赐了赎罪券。
- be indulgenced for a pilgrimage
- 因朝圣而获得赎罪券
- They were indulgenced for completing the pilgrimage.他们因完成朝圣而获得了赎罪券。
Synonyms
- remit
- 豁免；宽恕（债务、刑罚等） · remit 着重于免除债务或刑罚，多用于法律或宗教语境，比 indulgence 更强调正式免除具体处罚。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 indulgence 想成 in-dul-gence，发音像‘因嘟真丝’；想象发一大卷赎罪券，动词就是‘给予赎罪券’。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：历史或宗教文献、天主教教会语境、学术写作 这个动词义项比较罕见，多用于历史或宗教文献中，属于正式/书面用法。日常英语里通常用名词形式或“grant an indulgence”来表达。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all end in -gence and share the final /dʒəns/ sound, but none of them fully rhymes with indulgence /ɪnˈdʌldʒəns/, whose stress falls on the second syllable. Within the list, emergence, convergence, and divergence rhyme with each other (stressed /ɜːr/ + /dʒəns/); be especially careful with intelligence /ɪnˈtelɪdʒəns/ and negligence /ˈneɡlɪdʒəns/, which look similar but are stressed on different syllables.
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