penances

基本解释

• 美国宾夕法尼亚(Pennsylvania)州人的别名

同根派生

英汉例句

• All penances and vows are worthless without it.
  没有了它，所有的誓言都是没有意义的。
• Brahman! O my child! Cease from practising further penances.
  婆罗门！我的孩子！请停止练习进一步的苦行。
• In the performing of penances it is essential to be indifferent to their results.
  在苦修之时，人们不应当过于在意苦修的结果。
• Then holy works will be of greater value than many fair words; strictness of life and hard penances will be more pleasing than all earthly delights.
  高谈雄辩，比不上圣善事功。世俗的快乐，比不上克己苦身更能叫人喜欢。
• It discontinued many practices of medieval religious life, such as obligatory penances and fasts and a common uniform, and instead focused on military-style mobility and adaptability.
  该会不再奉行中世纪宗教生活的许多规矩，如必须苦修和斋戒、穿统一制服等，而主张军队式的机动灵活，并知所变通。