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　

TOEFLGRETEM8法律

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

• The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other officers; and shall have the sole power of impeachment. If the House votes to impeach, managers are selected to present the case to the Senate.
  众议院应选举该除议长及其他官员，只有众议院具有提出弹劾案的权力。如果众议院通过弹劾成案，则选出「承办人员」将弹劾案送交参议院。
• 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。
• Mr McCollum, the former Florida congressman who led the drive to impeach Bill Clinton, called the changes "reckless and irresponsible".
  曾经作为前弗州众议员并领导了对克林顿诉讼的mccollum称这一举动是“冒险且不负责任”的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Begging people to impeach the tyrant-free, but all in vain and back.
  人们苦苦哀求暴君的劾免，但都徒劳而返。
• 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。
• The House of Representatives has the sole power to impeach an officer of the United States government.
  唯有众议院有权弹劾美国政府的官员。
• If the House votes to impeach, managers are selected to present the case to the Senate.
  如果众议院通过弹劾成案，则选出「承办人员」将弹劾案送交参议院。
• 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。