impeach

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vt. 控告, 怀疑, 检举, 弹劾 [法] 控告, 检举, 弹劾

发音

其它 /ɪmˈpiːt͡ʃ/

词形变化

impeached impeaches 三单 impeaches impeachest impeacheth impeaching impeaching 现在分词 impeached 过去式 impeached 过去分词

别名

empeach

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To hinder, impede, or prevent.

    阻碍

    阻止

  2. 2.

    To bring a legal proceeding against a public official.

    弹劾

    President Clinton was impeached by the House in November 1998, but since the Senate acquitted him, he was not removed from office.

  3. 3.

    To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.

    控告

    质疑

  4. 4.

    To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition.

    法律

词汇关系

动词

同义词 3

accuse incriminate criminate

上位词 5

charge file challenge lodge accuse

下位词 7

charge file lodge reproach arraign recriminate upbraid

词源

From Middle English empechen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman empecher, from Old French empeechier (“to hinder”), from Latin impedicāre (“to fetter”). Cognate with French empêcher (“to prevent”).

来源：wiktionary