indict

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vt. 起诉, 控告, 指控 [法] 控告, 揭发, 对...起诉

发音

UK /ɪnˈdaɪt/
US /ɪnˈdaɪt/

词形变化

indicted indicting indicts 三单 indicts indicting 现在分词 indicted 过去式 indicted 过去分词

别名

endict

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To accuse of wrongdoing; charge.

    控告

    及物

    a book that indicts modern values

  2. 2.

    To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.

    起诉

    及物 法律

    his former manager was indicted for fraud

词汇关系

动词

上位词 2

charge accuse

相关短语

indict a ham sandwich

词源

From Middle English enditen, endyten (“to accuse”), from Old French enditer (“to dictate, indite”), from Late Latin indictāre, frequentative of Latin indicere (“to proclaim”), from in- + dicere (“to say”), or from in- + dictāre (“to say often, to dictate”). Doublet of indite. The irregular spelling is due to the word having been borrowed into Middle English from Old French, and not from Latin as was the case with most other descendants of dictāre (but see dight). The borrowed /iː/ regularly shifted to /aɪ/ in the course of the Great Vowel Shift; the ⟨c⟩ represents a later attempt at graphic Latinisation.

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