damnablea. 1. to be condemned. worthy of condemnation. meri-ting punishment要被判罪的,該定罪的,該受懲罰的。 △As.5.2.68 (60):“a magician. most profound in his art.and yet not damnable.” (By an Elizabethan statute the practice of black magic was held to be criminaland was punishable with death.)一位魔術(shù)師,他的法術(shù)非常高深,可是并不作惡犯罪。(按:當(dāng)時(shí)曾有法令.嚴(yán)刑禁止邪術(shù)。) 2. detestable可憎的。 △1H.IV.1.2.101 (90):“O.thouhast damnable iteration.”啊.你真會(huì)歪引經(jīng)文。 |