亚洲网紅露点

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condemn

[ kuhn-dem ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
  2. to pronounce to be guilty; sentence to punishment:

    to condemn a murderer to life imprisonment.

    Antonyms: , ,

  3. to give grounds or reason for convicting or censuring:

    His acts condemn him.

  4. to judge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service:

    to condemn an old building.

  5. U.S. Law. to acquire ownership of for a public purpose, under the right of eminent domain:

    The city condemned the property.

  6. to force into a specific state or activity:

    His lack of education condemned him to a life of menial jobs.

  7. to doom to eternal punishment in hell.
  8. to declare incurable.


condemn

/ k蓹n藞d蓻m; k蓹n藞d蓻m蓹b蓹l /

verb

  1. to express strong disapproval of; censure
  2. to pronounce judicial sentence on
  3. to demonstrate the guilt of

    his secretive behaviour condemned him

  4. to judge or pronounce unfit for use

    that food has been condemned

  5. to compel or force into a particular state or activity

    his disposition condemned him to boredom

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藢肠辞苍诲别尘藞苍补迟颈辞苍, noun
  • 肠辞苍藞诲别尘苍颈苍驳濒测, adverb
  • 肠辞苍藞诲别尘苍别谤, noun
  • condemnable, adjective
  • 肠辞苍藞诲别尘苍补产濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠辞苍路诲别尘路苍补路产濒别 [k, uh, n-, dem, -n, uh, -b, uh, l], adjective
  • 肠辞苍路诲别尘路苍补路产濒测 adverb
  • 肠辞苍路诲别尘苍路别谤 [k, uh, n-, dem, -er], 肠辞苍路诲别尘路苍辞谤 [k, uh, n-, dem, -er, k, uh, n-dem-, nawr], noun
  • 肠辞苍路诲别尘苍路颈苍驳路濒测 adverb
  • 谤别路肠辞苍路诲别尘苍 verb (used with object)
  • 蝉别濒蹿-肠辞苍路诲别尘苍路颈苍驳 adjective
  • un路肠辞苍路诲别尘路苍补路产濒别 adjective
  • 耻苍路肠辞苍路诲别尘苍路颈苍驳 adjective
  • un路肠辞苍路诲别尘苍路颈苍驳路濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of condemn1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English condempnen, from Anglo-French, Old French condem(p)ner, from Latin 肠辞苍诲别尘苍腻谤别; con-, damn
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of condemn1

C13: from Old French condempner, from Latin 肠辞苍诲别尘苍腻谤别, from 诲补尘苍腻谤别 to condemn; see damn
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Taiwan has condemned Somalia for banning travellers with Taiwanese passports from entering or transiting through the East African country.

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The Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate has condemned the arrest of a prominent local journalist by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank.

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The Polish government has condemned Mr Braun's actions.

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In public, Iraq's government has condemned Turkey's military presence in the country.

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The sentences were widely condemned by the international community including the UK and the US.

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