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penance

ˈpɛnəns

核心义 AI

赎罪；忏悔（尤指宗教中的苦修）

释义 AI

n.
  1. 1（宗教中的）忏悔，悔罪，苦修
    something that you do to show that you are sorry for doing something wrong, especially in some religions
    He did penance for his sins.
    他为自己的罪过做了苦修。
  2. 2（天主教）告解，忏悔礼
    a Catholic sacrament in which people confess their sins and are forgiven
    She went to confession and received penance.
    她去告解并接受了忏悔礼。
  3. 3（因过错而承受的）惩罚，苦头
    something that you have to do as a punishment for something wrong you have done
    Cleaning the whole house was penance for coming home late.
    打扫整个房子是对晚归的惩罚。

例句 AI

He did penance for his mistakes.
他为自己的错误做了忏悔。基础
The monk performed acts of penance to atone for his sins.
这位僧侣通过苦修来赎罪。自然
As penance, she volunteered at the shelter for a month.
作为赎罪，她在收容所做了一个月志愿者。场景

搭配 AI

do penance做苦修；赎罪
perform penance进行苦修
an act of penance赎罪的行为
penance for one's sins为罪过忏悔

语域与场景 AI

正式用语，多用于宗教语境，如天主教、基督教等；也可引申为“因过错而受的惩罚”。口语中较少使用，常与 do、perform 搭配。

近义词辨析 AI

repentance强调内心的悔改，不一定有外在行为。
atonement强调弥补过错，使关系恢复。
punishment一般指惩罚，不一定是自愿的。

易混词 AI

penance赎罪、苦修
penchant爱好、嗜好，拼写相近但意思完全不同。

常见错误 AI

✕ do penance for doing something
✓ do penance for something
penance 后接名词或动名词，但常用 for + 名词。

词形变化

penances复数

词族 AI

penitencen.悔罪，忏悔
penitentadj.悔罪的

同根词 AI

penaladj.刑罚的
penaltyn.惩罚

助记 AI

pen（钢笔）+ ance：用笔写下自己的罪过，然后进行忏悔和苦修。

词源与构词 AI

paen-悔恨+-entia名词后缀，表状态

来自拉丁语 paenitentia，意为“悔改”，经古法语进入英语。

词频与标签

当代语料词频第 16,731 位较少见
BNC 词频第 15,780 位较少见
柯林斯星级—
牛津 3000—
考试大纲GRE

词频排名越小越常用；柯林斯 5 星最常用。数据来自 ECDICT 词典，短语没有词频排名。

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