Parola del giorno in inglese: livello avanzato

Definizioni

inglese > italiano
condemn
1. verb. (diritto) condannare (qualcuno ad una pena o punizione), anche nel senso lato di giudicare qualcuno colpevole
the court condemned him - il tribunale lo ha condannato
the court condemned him to seven years of prison - il tribunale lo ha condannato a sette anni di prigione
2. verb. (religione) dannare, maledire
may God condemn you all - possa Dio dannarvi tutti
3. verb. condannare (moralmente), biasimare, riprovare
the president condemned the terrorist attacks - il presidente ha condannato gli attacchi terroristici
we all should condemn racism - dovremmo tutti condannare il razzismo
inglese > inglese
condemn
1. v. To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate the perpetrators of.
The president condemned the terrorists.
2. v. To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
3. v. To confer eternal divine punishment upon.
4. v. To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation.
The house was condemned after it was badly damaged by fire.
5. v. To adjudge (building or construction work) as of unsatisfactory quality, requiring the work to be redone.
6. v. To adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption.
7. v. To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain.
8. v. (transitive, legal) To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government, to be a prize, or to be unfit for service.

Esempi d'uso

Look into your own heart and you can not condemn me.  So quality of writing does not condemn the genre.  These are really interesting times, because while the media will condemn us as racists and bigots, a lot of your actual voting public support us.  Some six million adult illiterates have a right to condemn what went before.  The government must realise that its failure to swiftly condemn an attack on the very essence of Islam effectively condones it.

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