impeach

英 [ɪmˈpiːtʃ]

美 [ɪmˈpiːtʃ]

v.  控告(显要公职人员)犯重大罪行; 弹劾; 怀疑

过去分词：impeached　现在分词：impeaching　过去式：impeached　第三人称单数：impeaches　

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Collins.1 / BNC.26335 / COCA.13892

牛津词典

verb

• 控告（显要公职人员）犯重大罪行；弹劾
  to charge an important public figure with a serious crime
• 怀疑
  to raise doubts about sth
  1. to impeach sb's motives
     怀疑某人的动机

柯林斯词典

• VERB 控告;弹劾
  If a court or a group in authorityimpeachesa president or other senior official, it charges them with committing a crime which makes them unfit for office.
  1. ...an opposition move to impeach the President.
     弹劾总统的反对议案

英英释义

verb

• bring an accusation against
  1. The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse
  Synonym:accuseincriminatecriminate
• charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office
  1. The President was impeached
• challenge the honesty or veracity of
  1. the lawyers tried to impeach the credibility of the witnesses

双语例句

• Bay. I'm not going to allow the prosecution to call defense counsel to impeach a state's witness.
  我不允许辩护律师在诉讼途中去弹劾一个重要证人。
• The House of Representatives has the sole power to impeach the President and other officers, and the Senate the sole power to try impeachment.
  众议院是唯一有权弹劾总统和其他官员的，而参议院拥有审判弹劾案的独特权力。
• Impeach George W.Bush, and everything will be fine.
  弹劾小布什，所有的事情都会变好。
• Any organization and individual has a right to impeach and accuse the illegal activities.
  任何组织和个人有权对政府采购中的违法行为进行检举和控告。
• A group of Hong Kong legislators is also agitating to impeach Mr Tsang before he steps down in June over the same allegations, although it has almost no chance of succeeding.
  一批香港立法会议员还酝酿以上述指控为由，在曾荫权6月卸任之前将他弹劾，尽管此举几乎没有机会获得成功。
• I impeach him in the name of the people of India, whose laws, rights and liberties he has subverted;
  我以印度人民的名义控告他破坏了印度的法律、权利和自由；
• Earlier this month opposition legislators failed in an attempt to impeach the chief executive over a scandal involving structures built at a home he owns without appropriate planning permission.
  本月早些时候，反对派立法会议员曾企图弹劾梁振英，理由是他在没有适当规划许可的情况下，擅自在自己拥有的住宅搭建建筑结构，由此引发丑闻。弹劾企图最终以失败告终。
• All units and individuals shall have the obligation to protect the environment and shall have the right to pollution and damage to the environment unit and individual impeach and charge.
  第六条一切单位和个别都有保卫环境的任务，并有权对混浊和毁坏环境的单位和个别进行揭发和控告。
• Scores of parliamentarians now hope to impeach the president, but the supreme leader will probably not let them.
  不少议会议员希望弹劾总统内贾德，但是这位超级领袖大概不会拱手就让。
• Mr Clinton also survived the Republicans 'subsequent attempt to impeach him, while the Republicans lost seats in the House at the next election.
  克林顿还侥幸渡过了共和党随后对他的弹劾企图，与此同时共和党在接下来的众议院选举中丢失了席位。