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

• Impeach George W.Bush, and everything will be fine.
  弹劾小布什，所有的事情都会变好。
• 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。
• 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。
• Wahid threatened to proclaim a state of emergency if Congress decided to impeach him.
  瓦希德威胁说如果国会弹劾他，他就宣布紧急状态。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Then you ask him what's he gonna do when they impeach him.
  你再问他，当他们检举他时他要怎么办。