dam·na·tion /dæmˈneʃən/
 非難,被罰下地獄,詛咒


 Dam·na·tion n.
 1. The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation.
 2. Theol. Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself.
    How can ye escape the damnation of hell?   --Matt. xxiii. 33.
    Wickedness is sin, and sin is damnation.   --Shak.
 3. A sin deserving of everlasting punishment. [R.]
    The deep damnation of his taking-off.   --Shak.

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 damnation
      n 1: the act of damning
      2: the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell
         [syn: eternal damnation]


 Damnation
    in Rom. 13:2, means "condemnation," which comes on those who
    withstand God's ordinance of magistracy. This sentence of
    condemnation comes not from the magistrate, but from God, whose
    authority is thus resisted.

      In 1 Cor. 11:29 (R.V., "judgment") this word means
    condemnation, in the sense of exposure to severe temporal
    judgements from God, as the following verse explains.

      In Rom. 14:23 the word "damned" means "condemned" by one's own
    conscience, as well as by the Word of God. The apostle shows
    here that many things which are lawful are not expedient; and
    that in using our Christian liberty the question should not
    simply be, Is this course I follow lawful? but also, Can I
    follow it without doing injury to the spiritual interests of a
    brother in Christ? He that "doubteth", i.e., is not clear in his
    conscience as to "meats", will violate his conscience "if he
    eat," and in eating is condemned; and thus one ought not so to
    use his liberty as to lead one who is "weak" to bring upon
    himself this condemnation.