indict

英 [ɪn'daɪt] 美 [ɪn'daɪt]

• v. 起诉；控告；指控

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 控告，起诉

   charge (sb) officially with an offence in law

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 【律】控告，告发，起诉，控诉，指控

英英释义

Verb:

1. accuse formally of a crime

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. He grew anxious over the possibility that the Justice Department might now indict him for perjury.
   他越来越担心司法部现在可能起诉他作伪证。
2. The Q&A session, which was audiotaped, came about two months prior to the child's initial appearance before the grand jury that later voted to indict Jackson on ten felony counts.
   录音的问答单元的出现要比男孩在以十项罪名起诉杰克逊大陪审团面前的最初露面早两个月。
3. The police can't find any valid evidence to indict him for murder.
   警察找不到有效的证据来控告他谋杀。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+ ～+n./pron.

1. If the grand jury indicts the suspect,he will go to trial.
   如果大陪审团指控嫌疑犯，他就得上法庭。

经典引文

• The son of a former mayor was indicted for misconduct in office.

  出自： L. Steffens

• Brown was indicted..on a charge of giving a gun to a felon.

  出自：Orlando (Florida) Sentinel

• No learned man cares to be indicted of inaccuracy.

  出自： fig.

近反义词

【近义词】

• accuse 谴责
• impeach 归咎
• charge 责任
• denounce 谴责
• impute 归罪于
• blame 责备
• arraign [律]传讯
• summons 传票
• prosecute 起诉

派生词

v.(动词)

• indictable adj. 可控告的，可起诉的‖indictment n. 控告，起诉