damn

英 [dæm] 美 [dæm]

• int. 该死；讨厌
• vt. 使失败；诅咒；批评
• vi. 诅咒
• n. 诅咒；丝毫
• adj. 该死的；可恶的
• adv. 非常；极其

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. (表示愤怒)该死，混账

   used when swearing at sb/sth to show that you are angry

2. vt. 严厉批评；谴责

   criticize sb or sth extremely severely;declare to be bad or worthless

adj. (形容词)

1. [A] 该死的；讨厌的

   used for emphasizing what you are saying, especially when you are annoyed about sth

adv. (副词)

1. （用于强调）真他妈，太，非常

   used for emphasizing what you are saying, especially when you are annoyed about sth;used for giving force to an expression, good or bad

n. (名词)

1. [S]一点点，丝毫

   even the smallest amount

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 诅咒，骂一声“该死”
2. 丝毫，一点点，些微
3. 讨厌
4. 毫不在乎

adj. 形容词

1. 完全的，十足的
2. <口>该死的，讨厌的，可恶的
3. 糟透的
4. 倒霉的，倒运的
5. 混蛋
6. 捣蛋的
7. 玩命的
8. 不可救药的

adv. 副词

1. <口>非常，十足，十分，极其，完全地，极，真
2. 该死！讨厌！
3. 毫无，丝毫不，完全没有

v. 动词

1. 使（彻底）失败
2. 毁掉，毁坏
3. 咒骂，诅咒，骂...该死，骂...一文不值
4. （强烈）指责，谴责，非难，严厉批评，狠狠批评
5. 罚...入地狱（受罪），使堕地狱，下地狱
6. 攻击
7. 糟踏
8. 置后果于不顾
9. 用冷漠的赞扬贬低，寓贬于褒，明褒实贬
10. 处罚，对…判罪
11. 使…注定命苦，葬送…前途

英英释义

Noun:

1. something of little value;

   "his promise is not worth a damn"
   "not worth one red cent"
   "not worth shucks"
   

Adjective:

1. used as expletives;

   "oh, damn (or goddamn)!"
   

2. expletives used informally as intensifiers;

   "he's a blasted idiot"
   "it's a blamed shame"
   "a blame cold winter"
   "not a blessed dime"
   "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"
   "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"
   "a deuced idiot"
   "an infernal nuisance"
   

Adverb:

1. extremely;

   "you are bloody right"
   "Why are you so all-fired aggressive?"
   

Verb:

1. wish harm upon; invoke evil upon;

   "The bad witch cursed the child"
   

例句

用作感叹词 (int.)

1. Damn! I've broken one of my nails.
   该死！我弄断了一个指甲。
2. I made the damn doctors tell me.
   我让那些讨厌的医生告诉了我。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. Oh, damn the dirty swine to hell.
   让那卑鄙的畜生见鬼去吧。
2. The book was damned by the critics.
   这本书受到批评家的指责。

用作名词 (n.)

1. I don't give a damn.
   我一点也不在乎。
2. I don't give a damn what you say, I'm going.
   不管你怎麽说，我走定了。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. "Week in and week out, we had to write that damn paper."
   我们都要写那该死的文章。
2. That damn thief deserves a real kick in the ass.
   这可恶的小偷真该挨揍！

用作副词 (adv.)

1. You know damn well what I mean.
   你非常明白我的意思。
2. It was a damn dull dinner.
   那是一次极端无聊的晚宴。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+ ～+n./pron.

1. We should not totally damn a man's character for a few faults.
   我们不应当抓住一点点毛病就把一个人说得一无是处。
2. He damned his men right and speed ahead.
   他破口大骂他的部下。
3. The department's review damned the whole system.
   该部门的评述严厉批评了整个系统。
4. He damned himself with one stupid remark.
   他被自己的一句蠢话毁了。
5. Dan you! I am not going to let you bully me.
   你这个混蛋！我决不让你欺负我。
6. Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!
   该死的鱼雷！全速前进。
7. Damn this machine! why won't it work?
   这台该死的机器！怎么就发动不起来。
8. Chapman's remarkable preface if written by a modern author would at once damn his book.
   查普曼那篇出色的序文要是换一位现代作者来写，顿时就会毁了他的书。
9. It'll take two weeks, as near as damn it.
   办这件事几乎要花两星期。
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10. The play was damned by all the critics.
    这出戏被所有评论家贬得一钱不值。
11. That film is very popular although it was damned by the critics.
    那部电影尽管被评论家评得一文不值，可深受大家的欢迎。
12. He had rather be damned with Plato than saved with those who anathematized him.
    他宁可让自己的灵魂与柏拉图一道被罚入地狱，也不愿和谴责他的人们一起升入天国。
13. The venture was damned from the start.
    这次冒险行为一开始就注定要失败。

其他

1. The government emerged from the early 1970s damned for total failure to control money growth.
   政府总算挨过了20世纪70年代初期对货币发行量的控制完全失败而受到指责。

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. I can't open the damn window.
   我打不开这扇该死的窗子。

用作副词 (adv.)

1. I feel a damn sight better than I did yesterday.
   我感觉比昨天好多了。
2. He would know damn well better on time tonight or I am leaving without him.
   他应该明白今晚得准时来，否则我就自个走。
3. Don't lie to me.You know damn well what was happening.
   别瞒我了，你压根就很清楚发生了什么事？
4. I knew damn well what he was going to say.
   我非常清楚他要说什么。
5. You'll damn well do as you're told!
   要你做什么你他妈就做什么！
6. She works damn hard.
   她工作得真他妈努力。

用作名词 (n.)

1. That article is not worth a damn.
   那篇文章一文不值。
2. His promise isn't worth a damn.
   他的诺言一文不值。
3. The contract isn't worth a damn if it hasn't been signed.
   合同如果还没签就毫无价值。

经典引文

• The best terms will grow obsolete. Damns have had their day.

  出自： R. B. Sheridan

• It's none of your dam' business.

  出自： E. Wallace

• We..intended to damn well get on with it.

  出自： N. Coward

• You one of those damn' Yankee reporters?

  出自： Douglas Stuart

• We should [not] totally damn a man's character for a few faults.

  出自： W. Godwin

• The Fabian Society..damned all revolutionary theory and set about the propagation of a practical Socialist doctrine.

  出自： W. S. Churchill

常用短语

用作副词 (adv.)

damn all

毫无；丝毫不； 完全没有 nothing

用作名词 (n.)

not care〔give〕 a damn (about)

(对…)毫不在乎not care at all (about sth)
not care〔give〕 a damn (about sth)
I don't care a damn.

我一点也不在乎。
He doesn't care a damn about it.

他根本就不把那件事放在心上。
I don't give a damn about their opinions.

我对他们的看法毫不在乎。 not care〔give〕 a damn (about) wh-clause
I don't give a damn what she thinks.

我才不管她怎么想呢。
I don't give a damn what they say.

我才不在乎他们怎么说。
We don't give a damn whether he goes with us or not.

他跟不跟我们一道去我们毫不在意。
I don't give a damn whether you stay or leave.

你留也罢，走也罢，我才不在乎呢！
I don't care a damn about what he said.

我一点也不在乎他说什么。

词汇搭配

用作副词 (adv.)

～+名词

• damn sight better 好
• damn cheaper 便宜
• damn worse 糟糕得多

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. damn尤指“(神)使下地狱，使遭天罚”，有时可作“使彻底失败；毁掉”解。

adj. (形容词)

1. damn用作形容词时在句中只作定语，不用于比较等级。

adv. (副词)

1. damn用作副词时不用于比较等级。

n. (名词)

1. damn用作名词时一般用于单数形式，且通常用于否定句。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

damn, curse

• 这两个词的共同意思是“责骂”“诅咒”。
• 1.curse指采用任何言语来斥责或诅咒别人,用在最为正式的场合; 而damn指因愤怒、厌烦、轻蔑、失望等情绪而指责或咒骂。
• 2.curse含有请求某种神力惩罚做了错事的人或者其敌人的意味; 而damn则有“宣称某人某物是坏的”之意。

词源解说

• ☆ 13世纪晚期期进入英语，直接源自古法语的damner；最初源自古典拉丁语的damnare，意为破坏，伤害。

近反义词

【近义词】

• curse 诅咒
• censure 责难
• condemn 谴责
• denounce 谴责
• doom 毁灭
• castigate 惩罚
• impute 归罪于
• straw 稻草
• goddamn 受诅咒的
• anathemise 诅咒
• tinker's damn 毫无价值的东西...
• red cent 一分钱
• hoot 鸣笛声
• blessed 神圣的
• beshrew <古>诅咒
• shit 表示愤怒、厌恶等的感叹词...
• deuced 该死的
• blame 责备
• anathemize 诅咒
• bloody 流血的
• goddamned 咀咒的
• shucks 呸！无聊！可恶（表示不满...
• darned 岂有此理的
• blamed 该死的
• darn 织补
• maledict 诅咒
• goddam 诅咒
• blasted <口>该死的
• all-fired 极度
• imprecate 诅咒
• damned 被诅咒的
• infernal 地狱的

【反义词】

• bless 保佑