核心畫面

Picture someone with authority standing up and publicly declaring "this is not acceptable" — loudly, formally, and with consequences. A judge, a government, a newspaper. The thing condemned may be an act, a person, or a building.

一個「公開下判決」的姿態:某個有分量的人或機構站出來,指著一個人、一件事或一棟房子說「這個,不行」,而且說得很大聲、更多收起一個「公開下判決」的姿態:某個有分量的人或機構站出來,指著一個人、一件事或一棟房子說「這個,不行」,而且說得很大聲、很正式,讓所有人都聽見。condemn 幾乎不會用在私下的小抱怨上——它預設有一個位置比較高的發話者(法官、政府、聯合國、輿論),也預設這句話會產生後果:被指的人要受罰,被指的房子要被封。所以中文的譴責、判處、宣告不宜,其實都是同一個動作的不同場合。

Two branches

公開宣告「不行」

最接近核心的一組:話語本身就是動作,說出口就完成了判定。

condemn; denounce · verb · C2

To say very strongly that you think something or someone is wrong, especially because you think it is a bad thing to do.

譴責

判決之後的處置

從「宣布這是錯的」往下走一步,變成「因此你要承受某種結果」。

condemn; sentence · verb · C2

To give someone a hard punishment after a court decides they did a crime.

判處

原始詞典資料12 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

condemnverb/kənˈdɛm/

  • 1

    To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate.

    • The president condemned the terrorists.
    • Ignorant and ſuperſtitious wretches meaſure the actions of letterd and philoſophical men by the tattle of their nurſes or illiterate parents and companions, or by the faſhion of the country : and people of differing religions judge and condemn each other by their own tenents ; when both of them cannot be in the right, and it is well if either of them are.
  • 2

    To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.

  • 3

    To judicially announce a verdict upon a finding of guilt; To sentence

    • The judge condemned him to death.
    • She was condemned to life in prison.
  • 4

    To confer eternal divine punishment upon.

  • 5

    To destine to experience bad circumstances; to doom.

    • Too many people are condemned to a life of poverty.
  • 6

    To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use.

    • There was a massive slaughter of W.R. steam power at the conclusion of the summer timetable. In all, 169 locomotives were condemned.
  • 7

    To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use.

    • The house was condemned after it was badly damaged by fire.
  • 8

    To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use.

另外 4 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use.

  • 10

    lawTo declare something to be unfit for use, or further use.

  • 11

    To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain.

  • 12

    lawTo declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government or to be a prize.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。