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If a fact is damning, it does not only look bad. It points a finger. Damning evidence is the kind that makes it hard to keep saying “I didn’t do it.” A damning report, a damning video, a damning silence — all of these show that someone has done something seriously wrong, or at least that the story they told will not hold.
If a fact is damning如果一個事實is damning it does not only look bad它不只是看起來糟而已。 It points a finger它是在指控。 Damning evidenceDamning evidence（鐵證） is the kind that makes it hard to keep saying 'I didn't do it.'就是那種讓人很難再說「我沒有做」的證據。 A damning reporta damning report（鐵證如山的報告） a damning videoa damning video（鐵證如山的影片） a damning silencea damning silence（意味深長、形同認罪的沉默） — all of these show that someone has done something seriously wrong這些都顯示某人做了很嚴重的錯事 or at least that the story they told will not hold或者至少他們說的故事站不住腳
People use it a lot in the news, in court, and at work when an investigation lands. It is fairly formal.
People use it a lot人們很常用這個字 in the news, in court, and at work在新聞、法庭，還有職場上 when an investigation lands當調查結果出爐時。 It is fairly formal它相當正式
Though actually, the religious picture is still hiding in the word: to damn someone was to condemn them. Today the condemnation is usually by proof, not by a priest. People also stretch it in the old phrase damning with faint praise — saying something so nice that it actually hurts.
Though actually不過事實上 the religious picture is still hiding in the word這個字裡還藏著宗教的畫面： to damn someone was to condemn themto damn someone原本是指「判某人下地獄／譴責某人」。 Today the condemnation is usually by proof今天的譴責通常是靠證據 not by a priest而不是靠神父。 People also stretch it in the old phrase damning with faint praise人們也會用一個舊詞組damning with faint praise來延伸這個意思 saying something so weakly nice that it actually hurts用一種軟弱的「稱讚」，其實反而傷人
Do not mix this with damned. Damned is a curse, or a loud very. Damning is about the proof.
Do not mix this with damned不要把它跟damned搞混。 Damned is a curseDamned是一種咒罵 or a loud very或是用來加強語氣的「很／超」。 Damning is about the proofDamning講的是證據
組成damn + -ing. From Middle English dampnynge: the -ing form of damn, used as an adjective (and still, less often, as a verb).
原始詞典資料4 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。
damningadj/ˈdæmɪŋ/
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Condemning; (often) sufficient to defeat a political or commercial rival.
- damning evidence was clear for all to see
- In terms of infrastructure, Frank says there has been better news in recent years, following a highly damning report prepared for the Friends of the Far North Line campaign group by consultant Tony Glazebrook [...].
damningnoun/ˈdæmɪŋ/
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A condemnation.
- This elicited damnings from pulpit and press, and insured a healthy run.
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An act of swearing with the word "damn".
- No man is believed a jot the more for all the asseverations, damnings, and swearings he makes.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。