N-VAR 补赎;悔罪;忏悔 If you do penance for something wrong that you have done, you do something that you find unpleasant to show that you are sorry. 补赎;悔罪;忏悔
...a time of fasting, penance and pilgrimage.
斋戒、补赎和朝圣的时代
The Koran recommends fasting as a penance before pilgrimages.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + PENANCE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤public公開補贖VERB + PENANCE➤do, pay贖罪◇Has anyone ever paid a higher penance for telling a lie?有人為說謊而加倍補贖過嗎?PREPOSITION➤as a penance作為懺悔◇He devoted his life to helping the poor as a penance for his past crimes.他終生致力於幫助窮人,作為對以前所犯罪行的懺悔。➤in penance懺悔地◇She kneeled at her mother's feet in penance.她跪在母親腳下表達懺悔。➤penance for因為⋯的悔罪◇He decided to do public penance for his sins.他決定為他的罪孽作公開補贖。PHRASES➤an act of penance贖罪善功