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penancen.
1. penitence,repentance悔罪，忏悔。
△2H. Ⅵ.2.3.11:“Shall,after three days’ open penance done,/ Live inyour country here in banishment，”三天的公开忏悔之后，就要在你有生之年一直在国内过放逐生活。
2. infliction suffered for transgression,or as an ex-pression of repentance苦行赎罪，苦行悔罪。
△H.Ⅷ.5.4.44 (5.3.42): “all that stand about him are underthe line,they need no other penance.” 凡是站在他周围的人等于站在赤道上，不需要什么别的苦行来赎罪了。
△Tw.3.4.152 (137): “We may carry it thus. for our pleasureand his penance,till our very pastime,tired out ofbreath,prompt us to have mercy on him:”我们可以这样进行下去，为的是让我们开开心，让他吃吃苦头，一直等到我们把这玩笑玩腻了，再对他发发慈悲。
3.infliction,hardship痛苦，苦难。
△Mer.4.1.272(271):“from which ling’ring penance / Of such miser-y doth she cut me off.”这种缠绵不断的苦痛，她总算给我斩断了。
4. infliction suffered for transgression,punishment惩罚。
△Ado.5.1.286(273): “what penance yourinvention / Can lay upon my sin；”凡你所能想得出的惩治我的罪恶的刑罚。
△H.Ⅷ.1. 4. 32: “The penance lieson you,if these fair ladies / Pass away frowning.” 如果这些美丽的贵妇人皱着眉头离开，你们可是要受罚的。 penance苦行又叫“苦修”。罗马天主教和东正教的圣事。其中包括认罪、忏悔和赎罪等过程，最后才得到神父的赦罪。 |