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Condemn

發佈時間: 2019/07/24

Condemn

多次警民衝突及元朗發生白衣人追打途人事件後,行政長官林鄭都只有用言詞譴責(condemn)暴力事件。譴責暴力行為固然是必須,但是市民期望政府作出實際行動去根治民憤。

動詞condemn語氣強烈,解「譴責」,即是非常強烈地表示你不贊成某事或某人,特別是因為你認為這在道德上是錯誤的(morally wrong)。常用to condemn someone for something/doing something點出因甚麼事譴責甚麼人。例句︰The government condemned protestors who stormed the Liaison Office building.(政府譴責襲擊中聯辦的抗議者。)We must condemn the white-clad mob for brutally attacking protestors and passengers at the MTR station.(我們必須譴責白衣暴徒在港鐵站殘酷襲擊抗議者和乘客。)

Condemn還可以解「使……遭受、使……處於」不幸的境地,帶貶義。例如,Poor education condemns them to live with fewer opportunities and lower income.(缺乏教育致使他們得到較少機會和較低收入。)Continued sickness condemned her to a life of taking medicines and going through surgeries.(持續生病迫使她過着食藥和做手術的生活。)

(本欄逢周一、三、五刊登)

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