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

• By two-thirds majority, the board can impeach any executors and the chiefs of any departments under the board of executors.
  以三分之二多数票通过决议，得弹劾理事会任何成员以及理事会所属各部门的主管首长。
• Are you brave enough to impeach or disclose the units or individuals that contaminate environment?
  你有勇气检举、揭发污染环境的单位和个人吗？
• 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。
• The house of representatives then decided to impeach the president, charging him with "high crimes and misdemeanors" as required by the constitution.
  美国众议院接着决定根据宪法规定之严重罪刑与不当行为，弹劾詹森。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I impeach him in the name of human nature it-self, which he has cruelly outraged, injured and oppressed, in both sexes, in every age, rank, situation, and condition of life.
  我以人性的名义控告他，他肆意践踏人性，不管男女老少、地位高低和境况好坏都遭他中伤与迫害。
• 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。
• During that meeting, the opposition party put forward a proposal to impeach the President.
  那次会议上，反对党提出了弹劾总统的议案。