- 1.
谴责，强烈指责 -
• He was unjustly condemned. 他受到不公正的指责。 -
• We condemned him for his bad conduct. 我们强烈指责他的不良行为。 - 2.
宣告(某人)有罪；给…判刑 -
• The court condemned him for murder. 法庭宣判他犯有谋杀罪。 -
• The prisoner was condemned to death. 这个囚犯被判死刑。 - 3.
证明…有罪 -
• His nervousness and illogic condemned him. 他的紧张及不合乎逻辑证明他是有罪的。 - 4.
宣告(某物)不适用 -
• The house was condemned as unfit. 这个房子已被宣告不能居住。 - 5.
迫使…陷于不利(或不愉快)的境地 -
• Her bad leg condemned her to a wheelchair. 她的残腿迫使她每天不得不坐在轮椅上。 - 6.
宣告没收 -
• The smuggled goods were condemned. 这批走私货物被没收了。 - 7.
宣告(病人)患不治之症 -
• The patient was condemned by her physician. 病人的医生宣告她患了不治之症。
用法说明
condemn, denounce
这两个词都含有“谴责”的意思。
condemn强调法律上的“指责”和“谴责”，常指做出最后的、明确的或无情的裁决；也用于“指控”违反社会准则的人或事，例如：
The court condemned the man to life imprisonment.法庭判处那个人无期徒刑。
The newspapers condemned the politician for bribery.报纸严厉谴责那个政客的受贿行为。
denounce比较正式，与condemn的含义相似；此外，还表示“公开指责、痛斥或宣传”等，也有“告发”的含义，例如：
The government's action was denounced in the newspapers.政府的行为受到了报界的公开谴责。
He was denounced to the police as a forger.他以伪造罪被告到了警察局。