- 1報應（法律、哲學裡也說應報）
Retribution is a hard, serious punishment that comes back onto a person for a very bad act — the feeling is “you did this, so this comes back to you.” It is a heavy, rather old and formal word. You meet it in news about crime, in talk about God or fate paying someone back, and in stories. It is not a small telling-off. People often mix it with revenge, though they are not quite the same: revenge is what a person does because they are angry; retribution is talked about as if justice itself, or the world, is paying the person back. Though actually, in a real courtroom today you will more often hear “punishment” or “sentence”; retribution is the big idea behind “they should pay for what they did.”
組成From Latin retribuere, “to repay.”
同家族的字
- tributea payment given; both come from Latin tribuere, to give or assign
- contributeto give toward something; same Latin piece tribuere
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retributionnoun/ˌɹɛt.ɹɪˈbju.ʃən/
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Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance.
- Whereas retribution focuses on the offender's wrong, retaliation focuses on the impulse of the victim (or of those who sympathize with him) to strike back at the offender.
- 1. Revenge is for an injury; retribution is for a wrong. 2. Retribution sets an internal limit to the amount of the punishment according to the seriousness of the wrong; revenge need not. 3. Revenge is personal; the agent of retribution need have no special or personal tie to the victim of the wrong for which he exacts retribution. 4. Revenge involves a particular emotional tone, pleasure in the suffering of another, while retribution need involve no emotional tone.
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