释义 |
con·demn \kənˈdem\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English condempnen, from Old French condemner, condempner, from Latin condemnare, from com- + -demnare (from damnare to condemn) — more at damn 1. : to pronounce as ill-advised, reprehensible, wrong, or evil typically after definitive judgment and without reservation or mitigation < no conceivable human action which custom has not at one time justified and at another condemned — J.W.Krutch > < condemn poetry equally with sex as something at best flippant and at worst immoral — C.D.Lewis > 2. : to declare the guilt of : make manifest the faults of : attest to the guilt of < his words condemn him > 3. a. : to pronounce a judicial sentence against : sentence to punishment or to suffering or loss : doom — often used with to < driven out from bliss, condemned in this abhorred deep to utter woe — John Milton > b. : to force, compel, or limit to an action or state < the logic of his being a scientist condemns him to abstraction > 4. : to consign to perdition : damn — often used imperatively as a mild oath 5. archaic : to pronounce or find guilty : convict — used with of < till forging Nature be condemn'd of treason — Shakespeare > 6. : to adjudge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service : adjudge or pronounce to be forfeited < jurisdiction to condemn the ship and her cargo > 7. : to block up (as a door) : close permanently 8. : to pronounce to be taken for public use under the right of eminent domain Synonyms: see criticize |