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damnvt.
1. cause to be doomed to the torments of hell使…下地狱受苦。
△ Mer.1.1.98: “If they should speak,wouldalmost damn those ears / Which hearing them wouldcall their brothers fools.” i.e. If they did open theirlips. they would talk so foolishly that their listenerswould call them “fools” and thus incur the torments ofhell. (Matthew V. 22:“Whoever shall say,Thou fool,shall be in danger of hell fire.”) 他们若是真地开口，听的人将要骂他们为傻瓜以至于要因为骂人而下地狱。(按：马太福音第5章第22节：“凡骂弟兄是傻瓜的，难免地狱之火。”)
△As.3.2.37(35):“Then thou art damned.”那么你就该下地狱。
△Oth.1.1.21:“A fellow almost damned in a fairwife.” (English proverb: “Who has a fair wife needsmore than two eyes.”) 为了要娶一个漂亮老婆几乎下地狱。
△Oth.3.3.399(398): “damn them then. / If ever mortal eyes do see them bolster / More than theirown.”要是他们居然让别人的眼睛看见他们俩同床共枕，那么他们可就真该死了。
△Oth.4.2.34 (35):“Come,swearit,damn thyself，”来，发誓，让你自已好下地狱吧。(按：发假誓则遭天罚。)
△2H.IV.2.4.180 (167): “Nay,ratherdamn them with / King Cerberus，” i.e. cause them tobe doomed to the eternal torments in hell. 不，还是让他们落入阎王赛白洛斯的地狱里去受苦。
△2H.IV.2.4. 371(339): “for the other. I owe her money,and whethershe be damned for that. I know not.” (Puritans considered money-lending.i.e.usury,a capital sin.) 至于另外那一个女人.我欠着她的钱.她是否该为此下地狱.我不知道2. doom to eternal punishment使遭受永久惩罚。
△ Ham.2.2.640 (603):“Abuses me to damn me.”诱骗我去遭劫难。
3. be the ruin of,ruin使…毁灭.毁掉。
△Oth.1.3.359(353): “If thou wilt needs damn thyself. do it a moredelicate way than drowning.”如果你一定要毁掉自己，不妨采取比淹死更巧妙的方法。
4. condemn,doom判决，注定。
△Mac.5.3.11: “Thedevil damn thee black，”愿魔鬼罚你变黑。
5. curse诅咒。
△Oth.3.3.476: “Damn her. lewdminx!”诅咒她，淫妇！ damn[dæm]v.诅咒，谴责，毁掉，该死adj.该死的
◇not give a damn=not care a damn毫不在乎
not worth a damn=not worth a hoot(pin,rap,rush,straw)毫无价值，一钱不值
‖ damning evidence有罪的证据
damnable adj.可恶的，该死的
damnably adv. damned adj.该死的，可恶的
damnation n.报应
damnification n.损伤，损害damnify v.损害，损伤，伤害
damning n.诅咒
damningly adv.定罪地，导致定罪地
damningness n.定罪
damnous adj.造成损失的，与损害有关的 |