柯林斯词典penance /ˈpɛnəns/ (penances) 1. N-VAR If you do penance for something wrong that you have done, you do something that you find unpleasant to show that you are sorry. 赎罪; 悔罪; 忏悔 ...a time of fasting, penance, and pilgrimage. ...斋戒、赎罪和朝圣的一个时代。 返回 penance剑桥词典an act that shows that you feel sorry about something that you have done, sometimes for religious reasons 悔过，悔罪；补赎 As a penance, she said she would buy them all a box of chocolates . 为了表示歉意，她说她要给他们每个人都买一盒巧克力。 They are doing penance for their sins . 他们正在为自己的罪过而忏悔。 返回 penance