国家主席习近平周四谴责伊斯兰国杀害中国人质。请看本报周五的报道：

    President Xi Jinping on Thursday strongly condemned the Islamic State (IS) group for killing a Chinese national and expressed his deep sympathy to the victim’s family.

    Xi made the remarks on the sidelines of the 23rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders’ Meeting in the capital city of the Philippines.

    报道中的condemn就是“谴责”，名词是condemnation。例如：

    The papers were quick to condemn him for his mistake.

    报纸及时地谴责他的错误。