condemning
present participle ofcondemn
| 单词 | condemning |
| 释义 | condemning present participle ofcondemn condemn verb[T] uk/kənˈdem/us/kənˈdem/C2 tocriticizesomething or someonestrongly, usually formoralreasons: Theterroristactionhas been condemnedasanactofbarbarismandcowardice. Thefilmwas condemnedforitssexism. Synonyms attack(CRITICIZE) castigateformal censureformal chastise(CRITICIZE)formal criticize damn(BLAME) decryformal denounce(CRITICIZE) excoriateformal railformal revileformal slaminformal to show disapproval of someone or something
Disapproving & criticizing
Phrasal verbscondemnsomeoneto (do)something condemnsomeonetosomething Examplesofcondemningcondemning In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Men had plenty of "people-to-people" interaction with women whilecondemningthem to second-class citizenship. From theCambridge English Corpus From a care perspective, morality requires not hurting others,condemningall violence and exploitation, and nurturing relationships and connections between persons. From theCambridge English Corpus Beforecondemningthem or deriding such practices, we recall that changes of method were aimed at improving the precision of the figures. From theCambridge English Corpus He did so bycondemningtheir backers as 'presbyterians ' and explicitly aligning them with these authors. From theCambridge English Corpus When discussing the novel itself, rather thancondemningit because of the presumed attributes of its readership, criticism has remained in the "images" mode. From theCambridge English Corpus Incondemningsuch irresponsible behavior, they tried to promote a greater ethic of professionalism among the faculty. From theCambridge English Corpus By signing up to independence and thus, by implication,condemning' dependency ', governments deceive and create a smokescreen. From theCambridge English Corpus The writer was notcondemningthe order per se, only asking to be excused. From theCambridge English Corpus The sin is always someone else's for us to condemn and, incondemning, absolve ourselves of guilt. From theCambridge English Corpus This being so, it might seem that the correct response to hate speech is more speech-presumably egalitarian speechcondemninghate speech-not the restriction of speech. From theCambridge English Corpus Moreover, both writers adopt a common complaint of the colonizer bycondemningthe colonized for their constitutional indolence. From theCambridge English Corpus Societal reaction, when his conversion was made public many years later, was severe, with most of his family and friends questioning orcondemninghis decision. From theCambridge English Corpus Seventeen disputes, he noted, were brought by ' parties soliciting from the court an arbitrary sentence as well as acondemningone '.! From theCambridge English Corpus Aftercondemningboth group studies and individual studies in principle he proceeds to make studies of both kinds impartially. From theCambridge English Corpus He wasted no timecondemningnationalist chauvinism in the standard manner of liberal cosmopolitans. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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