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    condemn

    US /kənˈdɛm/

    ・

    UK /kənˈdem/

    B1
    v.t.Transitive VerbTo say that (a building) is too unsafe to be used
    The reporters condemn the surroundings of the new building for safety
    v.t.Transitive VerbTo state strongly that person, thing is bad, wrong
    Do not condemn the man before you have heard his explanation
    v.t.Transitive VerbTo sentence someone to a particular punishment, especially death.
    The murderer was condemned to life imprisonment.
    v.t.Transitive VerbTo force someone to endure something unpleasant or undesirable.
    His actions condemn him to a life of regret.

    Video subtitles

    A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Full Audiobook with Subtitles and Chapters

    17:28A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Full Audiobook with Subtitles and Chapters
    • and there is nothing it professes to condemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth." "You fear the world too much," she answered gently.

      and there is nothing it professes to condemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth." "You fear the world too much," she answered gently.

    • and there is nothing it professes to condemn  with such severity as the pursuit of wealth!”

      and there is nothing it professes to condemn  with such severity as the pursuit of wealth!”

    B2

    The Third U.S. Presidential Debate: Hillary Clinton VS Donald Trump

    37:56The Third U.S. Presidential Debate: Hillary Clinton VS Donald Trump
    • So I actually think the most important question of this evening, Chris, is, finally, will Donald Trump admit and condemn that the Russians are doing this and make it clear that he will not have the help of Putin in this election, that he rejects Russian espionage against Americans, which he actually encouraged in the past?

      So I actually think the most important question of this evening, Chris, is, finally, will Donald Trump admit and condemn that the Russians are doing this and make it clear that he will not have the help of Putin in this election, that he rejects Russian espionage against Americans, which he actually encouraged in the past?

    • Even if you don't know for sure whether they are, do you condemn any interference by Russia in the American election?

      Even if you don't know for sure whether they are, do you condemn any interference by Russia in the American election?

    B1

    How Wounded People Seek Out further Punishment

    05:32How Wounded People Seek Out further Punishment
    • It's just that for us, home was a place of grief and persecution. It's easy enough to see why children put up with poor treatment. They're born radically powerless. They can't run away. They are utterly at the mercy of others. They can't even think especially straight. What they must do, above all else, is adapt. Which in practice means learning to put up with poor treatment. They have to develop an advanced skill at not noticing quite how awful things are, an expertise at being unfazed by cruelty and neglect. Children in deprived circumstances tend to be geniuses at looking away, disassociating and making light of things. Of course, it might not be perfect that their father screams at them constantly, but there are some interesting shows on television and there's a really fascinating bit of the garden to explore in the morning. You can climb up the big tree and imagine it's a little house. And of course, ideally their mother wouldn't be so mocking and disloyal. But that's just the way things are, neither more or less sad than the fact it's often raining and there's a lot of homework to do. In any case, the bad treatment almost certainly has to do with something that they, the child, have done wrong. Badly treated children tend to take a compulsively generous view of those who injure them. Obviously, they aren't nasty on purpose. That would make no sense. Clearly, their ostensible brutality has sound explanations. It must be because they, the child, is in the wrong. That's why they're being neglected. That's why they've been declared fools. That's why they're being bullied. It's a great deal easier to believe that the parent is tough, yet fundamentally right, rather than gratuitously callous and unjustifiably hostile. In other words, what a bad childhood trains us to do, above all else, is to indulge meanness. The muscle that normally functions to repel attacks has had to be starved and has atrophied. In order to survive, we had to lose the ability to work out what was good and bad for us, lest we discover that we spent 18 years in the company of fiends. What this means for our futures is that we will be extremely poor at discerning when the partners we let into our lives cross the border into selfishness and malevolence. We'll continue under a narcoleptic command not to notice that we're being robbed and deceived. We'll be as blind to the blows now as we were then. For a long time, it simply won't occur to us to wonder why we've ended up paying for everything for the partner, or why they're unreliable in their promises, or constantly prioritise their friends over us, or are angrily defensive whenever we raise a complaint. We will simply, as we had to early on, fall into line and invent elaborate explanations for their behaviour. They're good, but they're tired. They're durable, but under pressure at work. They're fierce, but compensating for their childhood traumas, for which we have a lot of sympathy. Anything other than the more straightforward conclusion, we've fallen in with unconcerned egoists. We shouldn't compound our disloyalty towards ourselves by feeling, on top of everything else, ashamed for our tolerance. It isn't weakness, it's a survival strategy from childhood that served a very sensible purpose then but is liable to be ruining our lives now. To wake ourselves up, we need to consider our choices as if someone else had made them. We might wonder what we would advise a friend to do if they were in our situation. And through such a lens, we might start to perceive that the treatment we're facing isn't, as we've long thought, a sign of our partner's depth or complexity, but in the end, something much more humble, evidence that we need to get away. But this will be only a momentary liberation until we can understand the more fundamental issue, that the muscle most people use to eject poison has withered because of a distinctive history. We need to reverse the direction of our psychological fate. Our early suffering should not condemn us to yet more pain. It is what gives us an especially powerful claim on original sources of kindness, tenderness and calm.

      It's just that for us, home was a place of grief and persecution. It's easy enough to see why children put up with poor treatment. They're born radically powerless. They can't run away. They are utterly at the mercy of others. They can't even think especially straight. What they must do, above all else, is adapt. Which in practice means learning to put up with poor treatment. They have to develop an advanced skill at not noticing quite how awful things are, an expertise at being unfazed by cruelty and neglect. Children in deprived circumstances tend to be geniuses at looking away, disassociating and making light of things. Of course, it might not be perfect that their father screams at them constantly, but there are some interesting shows on television and there's a really fascinating bit of the garden to explore in the morning. You can climb up the big tree and imagine it's a little house. And of course, ideally their mother wouldn't be so mocking and disloyal. But that's just the way things are, neither more or less sad than the fact it's often raining and there's a lot of homework to do. In any case, the bad treatment almost certainly has to do with something that they, the child, have done wrong. Badly treated children tend to take a compulsively generous view of those who injure them. Obviously, they aren't nasty on purpose. That would make no sense. Clearly, their ostensible brutality has sound explanations. It must be because they, the child, is in the wrong. That's why they're being neglected. That's why they've been declared fools. That's why they're being bullied. It's a great deal easier to believe that the parent is tough, yet fundamentally right, rather than gratuitously callous and unjustifiably hostile. In other words, what a bad childhood trains us to do, above all else, is to indulge meanness. The muscle that normally functions to repel attacks has had to be starved and has atrophied. In order to survive, we had to lose the ability to work out what was good and bad for us, lest we discover that we spent 18 years in the company of fiends. What this means for our futures is that we will be extremely poor at discerning when the partners we let into our lives cross the border into selfishness and malevolence. We'll continue under a narcoleptic command not to notice that we're being robbed and deceived. We'll be as blind to the blows now as we were then. For a long time, it simply won't occur to us to wonder why we've ended up paying for everything for the partner, or why they're unreliable in their promises, or constantly prioritise their friends over us, or are angrily defensive whenever we raise a complaint. We will simply, as we had to early on, fall into line and invent elaborate explanations for their behaviour. They're good, but they're tired. They're durable, but under pressure at work. They're fierce, but compensating for their childhood traumas, for which we have a lot of sympathy. Anything other than the more straightforward conclusion, we've fallen in with unconcerned egoists. We shouldn't compound our disloyalty towards ourselves by feeling, on top of everything else, ashamed for our tolerance. It isn't weakness, it's a survival strategy from childhood that served a very sensible purpose then but is liable to be ruining our lives now. To wake ourselves up, we need to consider our choices as if someone else had made them. We might wonder what we would advise a friend to do if they were in our situation. And through such a lens, we might start to perceive that the treatment we're facing isn't, as we've long thought, a sign of our partner's depth or complexity, but in the end, something much more humble, evidence that we need to get away. But this will be only a momentary liberation until we can understand the more fundamental issue, that the muscle most people use to eject poison has withered because of a distinctive history. We need to reverse the direction of our psychological fate. Our early suffering should not condemn us to yet more pain. It is what gives us an especially powerful claim on original sources of kindness, tenderness and calm.

    • Our early suffering should not condemn us to yet more pain.

      Our early suffering should not condemn us to yet more pain.

    B1

    Why did Germany opt out of an international initiative condemning Israel's actions in Gaza?

    04:56Why did Germany opt out of an international initiative condemning Israel's actions in Gaza?
    • He says he's been one of the first people in Germany to really condemn Israel.

      He says he's been one of the first people in Germany to really condemn Israel.

    • Friedrich Merz recently has stressed in recent days that he's looking at himself he's talking about himself as the chancellor he says he's been one of the first people in Germany to really condemn Israel.

      Friedrich Merz recently has stressed in recent days that he's looking at himself he's talking about himself as the chancellor he says he's been one of the first people in Germany to really condemn Israel.

    B1

    Explosions rock Brussels, more than 20 killed

    02:35Explosions rock Brussels, more than 20 killed
    • strongly condemn today's terror, and express condolences for the victims, their families,

      strongly condemn today's terror, and express condolences for the victims, their families,

    B1

    Remarks by the President on Egypt

    08:03Remarks by the President on Egypt
    • We call on those who are protesting to do so peacefully and condemn the attacks that we've seen by protesters, including on churches.

      We call on those who are protesting to do so peacefully and condemn the attacks that we've seen by protesters, including on churches.

    • and condemn the attacks that we've seen by protesters,

      and condemn the attacks that we've seen by protesters,

    B1

    Twenty-six nations condemn Gaza aid killings as Israel launches new ground offensive | BBC News

    01:19Twenty-six nations condemn Gaza aid killings as Israel launches new ground offensive | BBC News
    • We condemn the drip feeding of aid and the inhumane killing of civilians, including children, seeking to meet their most basic needs of water and food.

      We condemn the drip feeding of aid and the inhumane killing of civilians, including children, seeking to meet their most basic needs of water and food.

    • We condemn the drip-feeding of aid and the inhumane killing of civilians, including children, seeking to meet their most basic needs of water and food.

      We condemn the drip-feeding of aid and the inhumane killing of civilians, including children, seeking to meet their most basic needs of water and food.

    B1

    A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Audiobook with subtitles and a warm fire. Read by Greg Wagland.

    14:37A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Audiobook with subtitles and a warm fire. Read by Greg Wagland.
    • And there is nothing it professes to condemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth." "You fear the world too much," she answered gently.

      And there is nothing it professes to condemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth." "You fear the world too much," she answered gently.

    • professes to condemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth!"

      professes to condemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth!"

    B2

    Top 10 Season 5 AD Carry Champions - League of Legends

    15:44Top 10 Season 5 AD Carry Champions - League of Legends
    • Condemn knockbacks and stuns if it hits a wall, plus applies one Silver Bolt stack, which is her only crowd control spell,

      Condemn knockbacks and stuns if it hits a wall, plus applies one Silver Bolt stack, which is her only crowd control spell,

    • While lastly, looking up the patch notes, there is nothing really interesting here except I'm really glad that Riot enabled that you can now condemn players into player-created terrains like Enivia's Crystallize or Azira's Emperor's Divide.

      While lastly, looking up the patch notes, there is nothing really interesting here except I'm really glad that Riot enabled that you can now condemn players into player-created terrains like Enivia's Crystallize or Azira's Emperor's Divide.

    B2

    President Obama on America's Clean Power Plan

    02:27President Obama on America's Clean Power Plan
    • If you believe, like I do, that we can't condemn our kids and grandkids to a planet that's beyond fixing, then I'm asking you to share this message with your friends and family.

      If you believe, like I do, that we can't condemn our kids and grandkids to a planet that's beyond fixing, then I'm asking you to share this message with your friends and family.

    • If you believe, like I do, that we can't condemn our

      If you believe, like I do, that we can't condemn our

    B1