Condemn

Definition

condemn /kǝn'dem/ v ၁။ ~ sb/sth (for/as sth) ႐ႈတ္ခ်သည္။ ျပစ္တင္ေဝဖန္သည္။ We all condemn cruelty to children. ❍ The papers were quick to condemn him for his mistake. ❍ She is often condemned as uncaring. ၂။ (က) ~ sb (to sth/to do sth) ( law ) စီရင္ခ်က္ခ်သည္။ ျပစ္ဒဏ္ခ်မွတ္ သည္။ condemn sb to death/hard labour ❍ He was found guilty and condemned to be shot. (ခ) အျပစ္ရိွေၾကာင္း အရိပ္လကၡဏာေပၚသည္။ His nervous looks condemned him. ၃။ ~ sb to sth/to do sth (usu passive) ႀကိတ္မိွတ္ ခံစားေနရသည္။ an unhappy worker, condemned to a job he hates ❍ As an old person, one is often condemned to live alone. ၄။ ~ sth (as sth) စားရန္၊ သံုးရန္ မသင့္ေၾကာင္း ေၾကညာသည္။ The meat was condemned as unfit for human consumption. ❍ a condemned building. ❏ condemnation /kɒndem'neÇʃn/ n (က) [U] ျပစ္တင္ ေဝဖန္႐ႈတ္ခ်ျခင္း။ The incident attracted/aroused widespread condemnation. (ခ) [C] ေဝဖန္႐ႈတ္ခ်ခ်က္။ many condemnations of her action. ❏ condemned cell n ႀကိဳးတိုက္။

Examples

1. Politicians have condemned the attacks.
2. [condemn someone/something as something] : The minister condemned the proposal as ‘very damaging’.
3. [condemn someone for (doing) something] : He was widely condemned for his behaviour after the match.
4. [strongly/roundly condemn] : The statement was roundly condemned by members of the opposition party.
5. Both men have been condemned to life imprisonment.
6. Fifty rebels were condemned to death.
7. Peacock’s goal condemned United to their first defeat since March.