English主要词典
penance
Universal Words
noun
1 [C,usually sing,U] ~ (for sth) (especially in particular religions) an act that you give yourself to do, or that a priest gives you to do in order to show that you are sorry for sth you have done wrong:
an act of penance * to do penance for your sins
2 [sing.] something that you have to do even though you do not like doing it:
She regards living in New York as a penance; she hates big cities.
