Condemn
[kən'dem] or [kən'dɛm]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) declare or judge unfit for use or habitation; 'The building was condemned by the inspector'.
(verb.) express strong disapproval of; 'We condemn the racism in South Africa'; 'These ideas were reprobated'.
(verb.) demonstrate the guilt of (someone); 'Her strange behavior condemned her'.
(verb.) appropriate (property) for public use; 'the county condemned the land to build a highway'.
(verb.) compel or force into a particular state or activity; 'His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence'.
格里菲思校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To pronounce to be wrong; to disapprove of; to censure.
(v. t.) To declare the guilt of; to make manifest the faults or unworthiness of; to convict of guilt.
(v. t.) To pronounce a judicial sentence against; to sentence to punishment, suffering, or loss; to doom; -- with to before the penalty.
(v. t.) To amerce or fine; -- with in before the penalty.
(v. t.) To adjudge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service; to adjudge or pronounce to be forfeited; as, the ship and her cargo were condemned.
(v. t.) To doom to be taken for public use, under the right of eminent domain.
整理:塞尔瓦托
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Sentence, doom.[2]. Censure, blame, disapprove, reprove, reprobate, upbraid, pass censure on.[3]. Adjudge (a ship) to be unseaworthy.[4]. Confiscate, declare to be forfeited.
錄入:萨姆纳
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Blame, convict, reprove, cast, censure, denounce, doom, sentence
ANT:Absolve, acquit, exonerate, pardon, justify, approve
弗洛伊德手打
解釋/意思:
v.t. to pronounce guilty: to censure or blame: to sentence to punishment: to give up to some fate: to pronounce unfit for use.—adj. Condem′nable blamable.—n. Condemnā′tion state of being condemned: blame: cause of being condemned.—adj. Condem′natory expressing or implying condemnation.—p.adj. Condemned′ pronounced to be wrong guilty or useless: belonging or relating to one who is sentenced to punishment e.g. 'condemned cell:' declared dangerous and to be removed as a house bridge &c.
編輯:威尔玛
例句/造句/用法:
- I have heard reputable physicians condemn a certain method of psychotherapy because it was immoral. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Then you condemn me to live wretched and to die accursed? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Does some dogma of Calvin or Luther condemn it? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- He may condemn it, but not with that word. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- It appears they are uneasy at the state of matters here in the north; they especially condemn the supineness and pusillanimity of the mill-owners. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Nor is every sentiment of pleasure or pain, which arises from characters and actions, of that peculiar kind, which makes us praise or condemn. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- But he was now married; and she condemned her heart for the lurking flattery, which so much heightened the pain of the intelligence. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- She bethought herself now of the condemned criminal. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Why was I always suffering, always browbeaten, always accused, for ever condemned? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Again, the dreaded Sunday comes round, and I file into the old pew first, like a guarded captive brought to a condemned service. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- It is of some comfort to know that this brutal use of the rope is being replaced by more humane methods of ending the lives of condemned criminals. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The ballots had been thrown; they were all black, and Justine was condemned. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- All the fifteen were condemned, and the trials of the whole occupied an hour and a half. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- This opinion I can scarce forbear retracting, and condemning from my present feeling and experience. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Nor I, said Mr. Live-loose; for he would be always condemning my way. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- And I've heard say Mr. Bulstrode condemns Mrs. Vincy beyond anything for her flightiness, and spoiling her children so. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Before a man condemns Nero as a different species of being from himself, he should examine his own secret thoughts very carefully. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Is he so very much better in this way than the people whom he condemns in their way? 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- While there is still much admiration and envy of those who can pursue lives of idle conspicuous display, better moral sentiment condemns such lives. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- He condemns a whole street at a time, assesses the damages, pays them, and rebuilds superbly. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
整理:塞丽娜