Modern man's loss of a sense of being sinful doesn't spring from a feeling that he is inherently good. Rather, it springs from his feeling of being inherently ineffectual.
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n. 感觉，官能;意识，观念;理性;识别力;
vt. 感到;理解，领会;检测出;
💡 sens(feel)+e(名词后缀)→感官；知觉；意义；判断力；感知
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：intuit, perceive, feel, apprehend, note, notice
n. 感觉，知觉，情绪;感情;气氛;
adj. 富有感情的，有感觉的;有同情心的，仁慈的;
v. 感觉;认为(feel的现在分词);
💡 feel感觉+ing行业,状态，行为 →感情
"She has no feeling for the suffering of others."
她对别人的痛苦没有同情心.
近义：impression, pathos, sensation, sentiment, thrill, idea
adj. 现代的;近代的;新式的;当代风格的;
n. 现代人，现代主义者;时髦人士;[印]现代字体，指印刷中所用的一种字体;
💡 音“摩登
"The monarchy is seen by many people as an anachronism in the modern world."
很多人认为君主制在现代世界不合时宜。
近义：mod, new, newfangled, novel, recent, unworn
n. 损失，减少;丢失，遗失;损耗，亏损;失败;
"He suffered from headaches and loss of appetite ."
他患有头痛和食欲不振。
近义：waste, dilapidation, hurt, impairment, injury, nuisance
反义：headway, improvement, interest, lucre, attainment, odds
sinful
[['sinfəl]]
a. 有罪的, 罪孽深重的\\n[法] 有罪, 充满罪恶的
近义：immoral, impious, iniquitous, lewd, lustful, obscene
反义：principled, righteous, deontological, ethical
n. 春季;泉水，小溪;弹簧，弹性;跳跃;
vi. 跳，跃;突然发出或出现;发源;劈开，裂开;
vt. 突然跳出;跳过;使开裂;
adj. 春天的;弹簧的，有弹性的;
"the first buds appearing in spring"
春天的初芽
近义：inflow, issue, run, stream, well, debouch