Impeach
[ɪm'piːtʃ] or [ɪm'pitʃ]
解释:
(verb.) charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office; 'The President was impeached'.
(verb.) challenge the honesty or veracity of; 'the lawyers tried to impeach the credibility of the witnesses'.
编辑:米考伯--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To hinder; to impede; to prevent.
(v. t.) To charge with a crime or misdemeanor; to accuse; especially to charge (a public officer), before a competent tribunal, with misbehavior in office; to cite before a tribunal for judgement of official misconduct; to arraign; as, to impeach a judge. See Impeachment.
(v. t.) Hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring discredit on; to call in question; as, to impeach one's motives or conduct.
(v. t.) To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper.
(n.) Hindrance; impeachment.
艾伯纳录入
同义词及近义词:
v. a. [1]. Accuse, charge, indict, arraign, criminate.[2]. Censure, denounce, call in question.
埃塞尔手打
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Accuse, arraign, indict, criminate
ANT:Acquit, absolve, abet, vindicate
录入:朱莉
解释:
v.t to charge with a crime: to cite before a court for official misconduct: to call in question: (Spens.) to impede.—adj. Impeach′able liable to impeachment: chargeable with a crime.—ns. Impeach′er one who impeaches; Impeach′ment an exceptional form of process whereby the House of Commons may obtain redress for any high crimes and misdemeanours committed by peers and ministers of the Crown: (Shak.) hinderance obstruction.
手打:露西娅
例句:
- She will be in a state of mind to impeach the justice of the Republic. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- God forbid, said Lucas Beaumanoir, that Jew or Pagan should impeach us of injustice! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- If he hesitates or moves a finger but as you bid him, drag him into the street, call for the aid of the police, and impeach him as a felon in my name. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- In 1788 Warren Hastings, a second great Indian administrator, was impeached and acquitted (1792). 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- If his honour be impeached, he will defend it with his body, and with that sword which has often fought for Christendom. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
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