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con.demn obj PUNISHkEn5demv [T]to cause something very bad to happen to (someone)迫使某人处于不好的状态The rain condemned her to an afternoon indoors with her tedious aunt.下雨迫使她不得不一下午和她罗嗦的姑妈呆在家里。Poverty had condemned him from birth to a life of crime.贫穷注定他生来就要走上犯罪生涯。Someone might be condemned to death or to a long time in prison if their punishment has been formally decided and stated.判刑，宣判有罪She was condemned to death on May 12th and executed two weeks later.她于五月十二日被判死刑，两星期后执行。They were condemned to spend the best years of their lives in prison for a crime they hadn't even committed. [+ to infinitive]他们因为自己未曾犯的一个罪名而被判在监狱度过他们的青春岁月。
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