damnation

IPA/dæmˈneɪʃn/
KK[dæmnˈeʃən]IPA/dæmˈneɪʃn/

damnation — 名詞

1. in Christian belief, the fate of being sent by God to suffer forever in hell, or

1.名詞C2
釋義

下地獄；天譴

被神判決永世受罰的命運

in Christian belief, the fate of being sent by God to suffer forever in hell, or the act by which God decides this fate.

例句

The preacher warned the village that lying about the harvest would bring eternal damnation.

傳道人警告村民，若在收成上撒謊就會永世下地獄。

collocation: eternal damnation

Medieval paintings often showed sinners falling into damnation while angels carried the good souls upward.

中世紀的畫作常描繪罪人墜入地獄受永罰，而天使則將善良的靈魂帶往天上。

pattern: falling into damnation

常見搭配
  • eternal damnation
  • fear of damnation
  • face damnation
  • road to damnation
同義詞
  • perdition

    older and more literary; same religious meaning as damnation

  • hellfire

    vivid sermon word focused on the burning torment, not the verdict itself

  • condemnation

    wider meaning of formal disapproval; only sometimes religious

反義詞
  • salvation

    the religious opposite: being saved from hell and welcomed into heaven

  • redemption

    being forgiven and rescued from sin, so damnation no longer applies

文法句型

damnation of [someone]

eternal damnation

用法筆記

Almost always tied to Christian or other religious contexts; outside religion, the word survives mainly in fixed exclamations and rhetorical phrases like 'eternal damnation' or 'the road to damnation'.

常見錯誤

The judge sentenced him to damnation for the crime.
The judge sentenced him to life in prison for the crime.
damnation is a religious afterlife concept, not a legal court penalty.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • fear of damnation
  • road to damnation
  • threat of damnation
  • sermon on damnation

副詞搭配

常用片語

  • eternal damnation
  • everlasting damnation
  • face damnation
  • escape damnation

介系詞搭配

  • of (damnation of sinners)
  • to (sent to damnation)
  • from (saved from damnation)