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.)一位魔術師，他的法術非常高深，可是并不作惡犯罪。(按：當時曾有法令.嚴刑禁止邪術。)
2. detestable可憎的。
△1H.IV.1.2.101 (90):“O.thouhast damnable iteration.”啊.你真會歪引經(jīng)文。 |