GERMAN · C1WORD NOTES
MEANING & PRONUNCIATION

verdammen

condemn; damn

Neue Technik pauschal zu verdammen hilft wenig, wenn dadurch sinnvolle Anwendungen ebenso ausgeblendet werden wie tatsächliche Risiken.

Blanket condemnation of new technology helps little if it obscures useful applications as well as real risks.

condemn to; doom to

Die lange Wartezeit verdammte sie zur Untätigkeit, obwohl sie mehrere konkrete Schritte vorbereitet hatte, für die nur noch die Genehmigung fehlte.

The long wait condemned her to inactivity although she had prepared several specific steps requiring only the outstanding approval.

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