Impeachment
[ɪm'pi:tʃmənt] or [ɪm'pitʃmənt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office.
校對:塞勒斯特--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of impeaching, or the state of being impeached
(n.) Hindrance; impediment; obstruction.
(n.) A calling to account; arraignment; especially, of a public officer for maladministration.
(n.) A calling in question as to purity of motives, rectitude of conduct, credibility, etc.; accusation; reproach; as, an impeachment of motives.
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同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Accusation, indictment, charge, arraignment, crimination.[2]. Censure, blame, reproach, imputation.
編輯:苏珊娜
例句/造句/用法:
- He addresses this to the astounded Tony, who admits the soft impeachment. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- His lips were mute, but his eye confessed the impeachment. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Ben admitted the soft impeachment. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Nothing of the sort, said Mr. Brooke, smiling and rubbing his eye-glasses, but really blushing a little at the impeachment. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Then come impeachments and judgments and trials of one another. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
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