damn4 verb [transitiveT] 1 damn it/you etc! spoken not politeANGRY used when you are extremely angry or annoyed with someone or something 他妈的!/你这个混蛋!〔表示对某人或某事物极为生气〕Damn it, be careful with that! 见鬼,那东西要小心点!
Damn that telephone! 那部该死的电话!
2 (I’ll be/I’m) damned if ... spoken not polite used to make a negative statement in a strong way (我)绝对不…〔表示强烈的否定〕‘Where’s Wally?’ ‘Damned if I know.’ (=I don’t know) “沃利在哪里?” “鬼才知道呢。”
I’ll be damned if I can find my keys (=I can’t find them). 我怎么也找不到钥匙。
I’ll be damned if I let him in the house (=I won’t let him in). 我决不让他进屋。
3 I’ll be damned spoken not polite used when you are surprised 我的天,真没想到〔表示吃惊〕 Well, I’ll be damned! I haven’t seen him for years! 哎呀,我的天!我好几年没见到他了!
I’ll be damned• They came and got it already? I'll be damned.
4 damn the consequences/expense/calories etc spoken used to say that you are going to do something, even though it might have bad results 管他什么后果/费用/卡路里等 The time has come for me to speak out, and damn the consequences. 到了我该说出来的时候了,管他有什么后果。
damn the consequences/expense/calories etc• At the outset of our friendship it was always Brian who exploded and damn the consequences.• Spurrier says whatever is on his always-racing mind, even in victory and figures damn the consequences. 5. be damned to be given the punishment of going to hell after you die 下地狱be damned• Smith is not, as Graham Greene might have said, man enough to be damned.• They were singing in the halls, singing from their windows, just hell be damned and look out.• It is enough to make you smell a rat and be damned for your cynicism.• Most of them are damned, he said.• She is damned if she does and damned if she doesn't.• I was damned if some nineteen-year-old pipsqueak with zits and a clip-on tie was going to make me feel loathsome.• Why, Seikaly was damned near fully operational.• Can the church really decide if I will be eternally damned or blessed?• We were damned well forcing each other to live full out. 6 CRITICIZEto state that something is very bad 贬斥;把…说得很糟糕 The critics damned the play on the first night. 这出戏在首演之夜就被评论家批评得一无是处。
damn (somebody/something) with faint praise (=show that you think someone or something is not good by only praising them a little) 对(某人/某事物)敷衍几句好话
7. damned if you do, damned if you don’tdamned if you don’t damned if you do spoken used to say that whatever you say or do will be considered wrong 左也不是,右也不是;做也不好,不做也不好 → (as) near as damn it at near1(8)