condemn
/kənˈdem/verb
with obj.
1
- express complete, typically public, disapproval of; censure（一般指公开）谴责, 责难; 反对：
the plan was condemned by campaigners.
计划受到了运动参与者们的谴责。
2
- sentence (someone) to a particular punishment, especially death判（某人）刑（尤指死刑）：
the rebels had been condemned to death
叛乱者已被判处死刑
as adj. condemned the condemned men.死刑犯。
2.1
- （一般作be condemned）officially declare (something, especially a building) to be unfit for use宣告（某事物, 尤指建筑物）不适用：
the pool has been condemned as a health hazard.
这个池塘已被宣告有害健康。
2.2
- prove or show the guilt of证明（或显示）（某人）有罪（或犯了过错）：
she could see in his eyes that her stumble had condemned her.
她能从他的眼睛里看出她的失言已经暴露了自己的过错。
2.3
- (of circumstances) force (someone) to endure or do something that is unpleasant or undesirable（情况）迫使（某人）忍受（或做）令人不快之事：
the physical ailments that condemned him to a lonely childhood.
致使他童年孤独的疾病。
派生词
condemnable
adjectivecondemnation
nouncondemnatory
adjective词源
Middle English (in sense 2)： from Old French condemner, from Latin condemnare, from con- (expressing intensive force)+damnare 'inflict loss on' （see DAMN）.