condemning
非難する
解説 Definition
condemning は condemn（非難する、強く批判する）の現在分詞です。形容詞的に使うと、行為や発言などを強く非難している様子を表します。
Expressing strong public or moral disapproval of an action, decision, or person. Used adjectivally, it describes words, statements, speeches, or attitudes that judge something to be seriously wrong or unacceptable.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 condemn「強く非難する」に -ing を付けた現在分詞で、末尾の黙字 n も残して condemning と綴ります。condemning speech、condemning statement、condemning comments のように、行為を道義的に誤りだと断じる発言を修飾します。criticizing より強く、公に許容できないと判断する響きで覚えます。
Begin with condemn, meaning to state strongly that something is wrong or unacceptable. Add -ing while keeping the final silent n: condemning. Learn it in combinations such as a condemning speech, condemning statements, and condemning comments. Imagine an official publicly judging an action as morally unacceptable, not merely pointing out a minor fault. This makes condemning stronger than criticizing and close to denunciatory in tone. The form can be a present participle in a verb phrase, but before a noun it functions adjectivally and describes language or behavior that expresses forceful disapproval.
例文
The mayor gave a condemning speech after the incident.
市長はその事件のあと、強く非難する演説を行いました。
Several groups issued condemning statements about the decision.
いくつかの団体が、その決定を非難する声明を出しました。
Her condemning comments focused on the lack of safety measures.
彼女の非難する発言は、安全対策の不足に焦点を当てていました。
condemning の類義語・関連語
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condemning の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 condemnare に由来。con-（強意）+ damnare（罰する・有罪とする）で「厳しく断罪する」が原義。damnum（損害）が語根で、damage（損害）やindemnity（補償）も同根。法的に有罪を宣告するイメージから、道義的な非難へと意味が広がった。
Condemning is the present participle of condemn, formed by adding -ing without removing the final letters. Condemn comes through French from Latin condemnare, meaning to convict, sentence, or strongly blame. That verb combines an intensive element with damnare, “to inflict loss upon, fine, or condemn,” related to damnum, “loss or damage.” The legal idea of declaring someone guilty broadened into the modern moral sense of expressing severe disapproval.
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