Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
📚 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
adv. 立即，马上，立刻;马上地;即刻地;立即地;
conj. 一…就;
💡 instant立即 + ly 副词后缀→ 立即地\r\n
"an instantly forgettable tune"
转瞬即忘的曲调
近义：immediately, instantaneously, instanter, pronto, shortly, straightaway
反义：later, next, presently, shortly, soon, subsequently
n. 球（体）;（兴趣或活动的）范围;势力范围;天体，如行星或恒星;
vt. 形成球体;包围，围绕;置于球面内部;
💡 spher(ball)+e(名词后缀)→球；球体；天体；范围；地位
"This area was formerly within the sphere of influence of the US."
这一地区先前属于美国的势力范围。
近义：ball, orb, globe, province, range, realm
n. 后悔, 悔改\\n[法] 悔改, 悔悟, 后悔
近义：penitence, remorse, rue, contriteness, contrition
vt.& vi. 开始;着手;创始;创办;
vi. （从…）开始;起始;起初是;开始讲话;
"There is growing apprehension that fighting will begin again."
人们愈来愈担心会重开战火。
近义：induct, initiate, launch, originate, spark, start
反义：realize, stop, terminate, accomplish, clinch, close
adv. 常常;经常;时常;再三;
💡 十(ten)有八九的(of)， 经常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人们常常认为睡眠在某种意义上来说类似死亡。
近义：manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes
反义：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes