单词 | damnation |
释义 | damnation (dæmneɪʃən ) 1. uncountable noun According to some religions, if someone suffers damnation, they have to stay in hell for ever after they have died because of their sins. ...a fear of eternal damnation. Synonyms: condemnation, damning, sending to hell, consigning to perdition 2. exclamation Some people say 'damnation!' to express anger or impatience. [informal, rude, feelings] Quotations: For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Bible: St. Mark Collocations: eternal damnation Eternal damnation or a state-imposed fine - take your choice. Times, Sunday Times He ordered her to return to him at once, 'under pain of excommunication and eternal damnation'. Times, Sunday Times I hereby summon it to eternal damnation. The Sun Those unanimously found guilty of simulation will be condemned to eternal damnation, or a twomatch ban. Times, Sunday Times The tale may have a moralizing end, with eternal damnation for the foolhardy venturer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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