引言：

你听说过被谴责的房屋吗？

condemn /kənˈdem/

1.

VERB 谴责；指责

If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.

Political leaders united yesterday to condemn the latest wave of violence.

政界领袖昨日联合起来对最近激增的暴力事件予以谴责。

2.

VERB 宣判;判处(某人刑罚)

If someone is condemned to a punishment, they are given this punishment.

He was condemned to life imprisonment.

他被判终身监禁。

3.

VERB 使陷入(不愉快的境地)

If circumstances condemn you to an unpleasant situation, they make it certain that you will suffer in that way.

Their lack of qualifications condemned them to a lifetime of boring, usually poorly-paid work.

没有学历使他们一辈子都得从事枯燥乏味而且通常报酬很低的工作。

He was condemned to spend the rest of the football season on the bench.

他无可奈何地只得在这个足球赛季剩下的时间里做替补队员。

4.

VERB 正式宣布(建筑)不安全

If authorities condemn a building, they officially decide that it is not safe and must be pulled down or repaired.

a condemned building

一座已宣告不能居住的危楼

State officials said the court's ruling clears the way for proceedings to condemn buildings in the area.

州政府官员称法庭判决为宣布该地区楼房为危房的行动扫清了道路。

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