Condemn

(verb.) declare or judge unfit for use or habitation; 'The building was condemned by the inspector'.

(verb.) express strong disapproval of; 'We condemn the racism in South Africa'; 'These ideas were reprobated'.

(verb.) demonstrate the guilt of (someone); 'Her strange behavior condemned her'.

(verb.) appropriate (property) for public use; 'the county condemned the land to build a highway'.

(verb.) compel or force into a particular state or activity; 'His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence'.

格里菲思校对

• I have heard reputable physicians condemn a certain method of psychotherapy because it was immoral. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Then you condemn me to live wretched and to die accursed? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Does some dogma of Calvin or Luther condemn it? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• He may condemn it, but not with that word. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• It appears they are uneasy at the state of matters here in the north; they especially condemn the supineness and pusillanimity of the mill-owners. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Nor is every sentiment of pleasure or pain, which arises from characters and actions, of that peculiar kind, which makes us praise or condemn. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• But he was now married; and she condemned her heart for the lurking flattery, which so much heightened the pain of the intelligence. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• She bethought herself now of the condemned criminal. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Why was I always suffering, always browbeaten, always accused, for ever condemned? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Again, the dreaded Sunday comes round, and I file into the old pew first, like a guarded captive brought to a condemned service. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• It is of some comfort to know that this brutal use of the rope is being replaced by more humane methods of ending the lives of condemned criminals. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The ballots had been thrown; they were all black, and Justine was condemned. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• All the fifteen were condemned, and the trials of the whole occupied an hour and a half. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• This opinion I can scarce forbear retracting, and condemning from my present feeling and experience. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Nor I, said Mr. Live-loose; for he would be always condemning my way. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• And I've heard say Mr. Bulstrode condemns Mrs. Vincy beyond anything for her flightiness, and spoiling her children so. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Before a man condemns Nero as a different species of being from himself, he should examine his own secret thoughts very carefully. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Is he so very much better in this way than the people whom he condemns in their way? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• While there is still much admiration and envy of those who can pursue lives of idle conspicuous display, better moral sentiment condemns such lives. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• He condemns a whole street at a time, assesses the damages, pays them, and rebuilds superbly. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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