But penance need not be paid in suffering...It can be paid in forward motion. Correcting the mistake is a positive move, a nurturing move.
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇，帮助你深度理解这句话
n. （赎罪的）苦行，苦修;
💡 pen, pun Pen,pun=penalty,表示”处罚”
"an act of penance"
赎罪善功
近义：penalization, punishment, sanction, shrift, chargeoff, chastisement
反义：lenience, leniency, lenity, looseness, mercy, absolution
n. 受苦，遭难;苦楚，苦难;令人痛苦的事;
v. 受苦(suffer的现在分词);蒙受;
adj. 受苦的;患病的;
💡 suf在下面+fer带+ ing表名词 →suffer带到下面去受苦+ing表名词\r\n → 受难
"He was suffering from chronic bronchitis."
他患有慢性支气管炎。
近义：heartache, heartbreak, misery, oppression, oppressiveness, pain
反义：hilarity, jollification, jolliness, jollity, joyance, joyfulness
adv. 前进地;向前;至将来;提前地;
adj. 向前方的;迅速的;（社会、政治）进步的;早熟的;
vt. 促进，助长;（按新地址）转寄;发送;
n. 前锋;
💡 for前 + ward向... → ad.向前；今后，往后\r\nv.转发
"He leaned forward, his hands clasped tightly together."
他俯身向前，双手十字交错地紧握着。
近义：reship, patronize, promote, propitiate, support, uphold
反义：get, back, backward, rearward, fro
n. 错误，过失，误解;差错，口误，笔误;失策，失误;
vt.& vi. 弄错，误解;
vt. 认不出;误会;看错;
vi. 弄错;误解;
💡 mis错误，坏+take拿→拿错→错误
"It has now become evident to us that a mistake has been made."
我们已经清楚出了差错。
近义：miscalculate, misdeem, miss, confuse, fail, inaccuracy
反义：arrival, success, triumph, victory, achievement
adj. 积极的;确实的，肯定的;[数]正的;[医]阳性的;
n. 正面;正片;[语]原级形容词;[数]正量;
💡 posit肯定+ive形容词后缀 → 肯定的；积极的
"The whole tenor of the meeting was very positive."
会议的整体氛围很积极.
近义：approbative, approbatory, approving, assenting, asserting, assertive
反义：antipathetic, antithetic, antithetical, hurtful, injurious, noxious
vt.& vi. 移动，搬动;
vi. 搬家;行动;进展;（机器等）开动;
vt. 提议;使感动;摇动;变化;
n. 改变;迁移;
💡 mob, mov, mot 表”移动”
"Could we move on now to …?"
我们现在可以接着讨论…吗？
近义：relocate, remove, shuttle, transfer, translocate, withdraw
反义：freeze, remain, abide, caseharden