Word · Frequency #15780
penance
自我惩罚；赎罪；苦修
核心释义
Voluntary punishment or suffering that a person takes on to show regret for a wrong act.
- 1.
因罪恶或过错而自愿施加的自我惩罚,可能意在为此行为赎罪。
A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act.
- 2.
某些基督教会中的圣礼,涉及忏悔(懊悔加祈祷弥补)。
A sacrament in some Christian churches that involves penitence (remorse plus restitution via prayer).
- 3.
任何自我惩罚的工具。
Any instrument of self-punishment.
忏悔圣事；告解圣事；苦修工具；自我惩罚的手段；因罪恶或过错而自愿施加的自我惩罚,可能意在为此行为赎罪。；某些基督教会中的圣礼,涉及忏悔(懊悔加祈祷弥补)。；任何自我惩罚的工具。
用法In use
He performed acts of penance to atone for his mistakes.
用法提示：penance作为名词，表示‘苦修’或‘赎罪’。
She considered volunteering at the shelter as a form of penance.
用法提示：penance作为名词，表示‘赎罪的方式’。
The church required the sinner to do penance for a month.
用法提示：penance作为名词，表示‘忏悔’或‘苦修’。
do penance (for sth)
do penance 是常用搭配，penance 在此表示“赎罪”，通常不可数；for 后接所悔过的过错。
He did penance for his lies by volunteering at the shelter.
他通过在收容所做义工来为他的谎言赎罪。
as penance (for sth)
as penance 作状语，说明行为的目的或性质；penance 在此不带冠词。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- do penance
- 做苦修；赎罪
- After the argument, he did penance by apologizing publicly.争吵之后，他公开道歉作为赎罪。
- act of penance
- 赎罪的行为；苦修行为
- Fasting was a common act of penance in the monastery.禁食是修道院里常见的苦修行为。
- public penance
- 公开忏悔；公开补赎
- In early Christianity, murderers had to undergo public penance.在早期基督教中，杀人者必须进行公开补赎。
- penance for one's sins
- 为罪过所做的补赎
- She saw her charity work as penance for her sins.她把自己的慈善工作看作是为罪过所做的补赎。
- impose penance
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
penance 像“pen（笔）+ance”，想象用笔写下过错，再自愿受罚苦修赎罪。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：宗教忏悔或赎罪语境、正式写作或文学描述 penance 通常用于宗教或正式、文学语境，比较常见于书面语，口语中较少使用。多指自愿的赎罪行为或某些基督教会的忏悔圣事。
语法说明Grammar Note
penance 的复数形式为 penances；常见搭配 do penance 中 penance 通常不可数。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
No common word rhymes exactly with penance /ˈpɛnəns/. Be cautious: words ending in -ance are not reliable rhyming cues—balance /ˈbæləns/ and silence /ˈsaɪləns/ have different vowels and stress. The lookalikes pennant /ˈpɛnənt/, penalty /ˈpɛnəlti/, and pensive /ˈpɛnsɪv/ share the opening pen- but all sound different from penance.
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