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

• We must impeach the judge for taking bribes.
  我们一定要检举法官收受贿赂。
• The angry congressman wanted to impeach the President.
  这位愤怒的国会议员想要弹劾总统。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。