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damnation

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++dam·na·tion1 /dæmˈneɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]  PUNISHwhen someone is punished by being sent to hell after their death, or the state of being in hell for ever 打入地狱;永堕地狱 Purgatory
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damnationThey have skirted annihilation and damnation.The missionaries had saved her from starvation and damnation, and in return Manshin Anjima let them call her Mary.The Pope has put betting - with tax-dodging and reading horoscopes - on a list of sins that risk eternal damnation.Too late for salvation and too late for damnation.Such an idea also had pragmatic appeal: saving herself from damnation.You're heading for a nasty fall - into the fiery furnace of damnation.But there will also be those who will stay with it for its relish of damnation.
damnation2 interjection old-fashioned  ANGRYANNOYused when you are very angry or annoyed 该死〔表示愤怒或厌烦〕
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damnation
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damnation1 /dæmˈneɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]
when someone is punished by being sent to hell after their death, or the state of being in hell for ever ⇨ Purgatory

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damnation2 interjection old-fashioned
used when you are very angry or annoyed


dam·na·tionBrE /dæmˈneɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /dæmˈneɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the state of being in hell; the act of sending sb to hell 天谴;罚入地狱eternal damnation永罚