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. 贖罪; 悔罪; 懺悔 ...a time of fasting, penance, and pilgrimage. ...齋戒、贖罪和朝聖的一個時代。 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 悔過，悔罪；補贖 As a penance, she said she would buy them all a box of chocolates . 爲了表示歉意，她說她要給他們每個人都買一盒巧尅力。 They are doing penance for their sins . 他們正在爲自己的罪過而懺悔。 返回 penance