| 词汇 | condemn |
| 释义 | phrasecondemn[condemned, condemned, condemning] condemn to 1. condemn sb to death/prison/hard labour etc to give someone a severe punishment after deciding they are guilty of a crime: In 1814, Joseph Guillotin was arrested, tried and condemned to death. Thousands of people were condemned to hard labour in the mines at Nerchinsk.■ SIMILAR TO: sentence to2. condemn sb/sth to sth usually passive if you are condemned to an unpleasant situation or way of life you are forced to accept it and there is nothing you can do to change it: The island was condemned to centuries of colonial rule. Animals used for experiments are often condemned to a life of misery and kept in tiny cages. The accident condemned her to a lifetime of pain and disability. condemn (someone or something) as (something)To judge someone or something harshly and unfavorably. The other troops have condemned me as a traitor. The actress was quick to condemn the report as slander. condemn (someone or something) for (something)To judge someone or something harshly for a particular action. The other troops have condemned me for consorting with a known enemy. The actress was quick to condemn the newspaper for spreading lies about her. condemn (someone) to (something)To assign one a particular fate or punishment. That criminal has been condemned to a life of hard labor. condemn someone as somethingto blame or judge someone as being something bad. The team condemned Larry as a traitor. Max was condemned as a common thief. condemn someone for somethingto blame or judge someone for something or for having done something. I really can't condemn her for doing it. I would have done the same too. Don't condemn yourself for the accident. It was no one's fault. condemn someone to something[for a judge] to sentence someone to something; to relegate someone to a particular punishment. By confessing, he condemned himself to many years in prison. I don't want to condemn you to a life of unpleasantness. |
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