condemn

condemn
[kən`dɛm; kən'dɛm] (發音來源)
譴責

單字解釋

condemn
[kən`dɛm; kən'dɛm]
《源自拉丁文「使完全毀滅 (damn) 」的意思》((及物動詞))
1 a. 強烈非難,責備,譴責,責難(人、行為)
~ racial discrimination
譴責種族歧視
b. [因某事]非難,責備(人)
[for]
His friends ~ed him for his indiscretion.
他的朋友們責備他的莽撞
c. 非難 [責難] (人、行為)(為…)
~ war as evil
譴責戰爭為罪惡
2 a. 判決(某人)有罪
The prisoner is sure to be ~ed.
這被告一定會被判刑 [被判有罪]
b.
對(某人)下 […罪的] 判決[for]
He was ~ed for murder.
他被判殺人罪
c. 對(某人)宣判 […刑] [to]
He was ~ed to death.
他被判處死刑
d. 宣判(某人)(…)
~ a person to be electrocuted
判處某人受電椅之刑
3 (臉色、言語等) 顯示(人)有罪
His looks ~ him.
他的表情顯示他有罪 [顯示事情是他幹的]
4 a. 注定(人)[…][to]
His lack of education ~ed him to service in a menial occupation.
他因未受教育而不得不做卑賤的工作
b. 注定(人)(…)
Her early widowhood ~ed her to lead a life of hardship.
她早年守寡注定她要過著苦難的生活
5 a. 宣告(商品)為劣質[不良]品,
宣告(物品)不合用 [應廢棄]
Many ghetto apartments have been ~ed.
很多貧民街的公寓被宣告禁止使用
b. 宣告 [認定] … (不適當)
Public opinion has ~ed him as unfit to fill a high elective office.
輿論認定他不適合擔當選任的重要職務
vt. 判刑, 責備, 譴責
[法] 定罪, 判刑, 宣告有罪

英字分解

• con
• demn

con, com

with, together一起
[example]
convene, compress, contemporary, converge, compact,
conjoin, combine

在此取一起之意。

damn
[dæm; dæm]
n. 一點, 詛咒, 絲毫
interj. 該死, 該死的
vt. 詛咒, 罰...下地獄
vi. 指責, 譴責, 罵...該死, 證明...有罪

damn [記憶法]

在此取詛咒之意。

列根成形

con

一起

demn

詛咒

condemn

譴責

創義薛說

大家一起因某人不當的行為而詛咒他，叫？ ➔ 譴責
需注意damn在此字中變形為demn。