impeach
/ɪmˈpiːt͡ʃ//ɪmˈpit͡ʃ/
- vt.
- 控告，怀疑，检举，弹劾
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- 英语English
impeach
词源说明
From Middle English empechen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman empecher, from Old French empeechier (“to hinder”), from Latin impedicāre (“to fetter”). Cognate with French empêcher (“to prevent”).
释义
动词verb
- 1To hinder, impede, or prevent.
- 2To bring a legal proceeding against a public official.
- 3To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.
- 4(law) To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition