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单词

penance

读音
ˈpenəns
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释义

n. 忏悔;苦修;苦差事 v. 使忏悔;使苦修 [ 复数 penances 第三人称单数 penances 现在分词 penancing 过去式 penanced 过去分词 penanced ]

例句

She regards living in New York as a penance; she hates big cities.
她把住在纽约视为一件苦事—她讨厌大都市。
Of penance, I have had enough!
忏悔嘛,我已经做得够多的了!
It is not mortification, a penance.
这不是羞辱,而是苦行。

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I know there are even some who think I don't have the right to any pain,but only to a life of permanent penance.In the end what I know comes down to this:
It became this economic sanctuary,where they could do penance for their profit-making tendencies --at five cents on the dollar.
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GRE填空及阅读机经,经济学人(The Economist)