宗教裡的最終判決
這是那扇關上的門最原本的位置：判決落在一個人的靈魂上，而且永遠有效。
noun · C1
In Christian teaching, being sent to hell as punishment after you die, and also the state of staying in hell for ever.
打入地獄；永罰
核心畫面
Think of a verdict that cannot be appealed. Someone has been judged completely bad, the door has closed, and there is no way back. Every use of damnation borrows that closed door: the religious punishment that never ends, a judgment on a plan so total that nothing is left to argue, and the shout you let out when something has gone wrong and you reach for the heaviest word there is.
damnation 可以想成一個不能上訴的判決。有人被判定為徹底的壞，門關上了，沒有回頭路。這個字的每一種用法都借了…更多收起
damnation 可以想成一個不能上訴的判決。有人被判定為徹底的壞，門關上了，沒有回頭路。這個字的每一種用法都借了那扇關上的門：宗教裡永不結束的懲罰、對一個計畫重到沒得討論的評語，還有事情出錯時脫口而出的那一聲——語言裡最重的字，被拿來當出氣口。From the word’s history
Wiktionary traces the word from Middle English dampnacioun, from Old French dampnacion, from Latin damnatio. The Latin belongs with judging and sentencing, which is why the courtroom feeling sits inside every modern use.
維基詞典給的路線是：中古英語 dampnacioun，來自古法文 dampnacion，再往上是拉丁文 damnatio。拉丁文那一支跟「判罪、宣判」同源，所以這個字從頭到尾都帶著法庭的味道——有人被判了，而且判決定案。
Wiktionary (kaikki extract, etymology_text supplied in this packet: kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:635122423)
Three branches
人間版的定罪
把判決從神那裡搬到人這裡：語氣還是一樣重，只是被判的換成一個計畫、一份報告或一件作品。
noun · C2
Very strong criticism said openly, in which someone judges a person, a plan, or a piece of work to be completely bad.
嚴厲譴責
當成出氣的那一聲
這裡不是在判誰的罪，而是借用這個字的重量：事情卡住的時候，人會伸手去抓語言裡最重的東西。
interjection · C1
A word said on its own, often loudly, when you are very angry or annoyed because something has gone wrong.
該死！可惡！