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单词 impeachment
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impeachment
noun[CorU]
uk
/ɪmˈpiːtʃ.mənt/us
/ɪmˈpiːtʃ.mənt/
theactof making aformalstatementthat apublicofficialmight beguiltyof aseriousoffenceinconnectionwith his or herjob,especiallyin the US:
（尤指美国的）弹劾
Thefederaljudgefacesimpeachment.这名联邦法官面临弹劾。
Theinvestigationexpandedandultimatelyledto impeachment.调查范围扩大，最终导致弹劾。
Ohiolawmakerspresidedover several impeachments during the state'sinfancy.俄亥俄州的立法者在该州成立初期主导进行了几次弹劾。
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  • Theministeriscurrentlyunderthreatof impeachment.
  • He is stillhugelypopular,despitean impeachmentscandal.
  • Thegovernorresignedamidacorruptioninvestigationand thethreatof impeachment.
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(Definition ofimpeachmentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

impeachment| Business English

impeachment
noun[CorU]
uk
/ɪmˈpiːtʃmənt/us
LAW,GOVERNMENT
especiallyin the US, theactionofformallyaccusingapublicofficialof aseriousoffenceinconnectionwiththeirjob:
call for/face impeachmentAresolutionto befiledin theHouseofRepresentativeswillcallfor his impeachment.
(Definition ofimpeachmentfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimpeachment

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Among the variables the authors consider are investigatory committees, votes of confidence regarding ministers, rules regarding questioning the executive and soliciting documents, censure andimpeachment.
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Popular satisfaction with the state of the economy and of foreign policy shored up public opinion againstimpeachment.
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The book provides context for theimpeachmentdebates by citing earlier cultural and political clashes.
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Manipulation of footing occurs in specific sequential environments to manage the delicate tasks of negotiatingimpeachmentwork.
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Prior to this, the magistrates could only be removed from office through animpeachmentprocess.
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It reveals the way in which sequential positioning naturalizes an evaluative matrix to manage the interactional task of negotiatingimpeachmentwork.
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More to the point, he posed an enormous threat to those who had risked the winner-take-all gamble ofimpeachmentin the parliament of 1626.
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On the one hand, a justice facing, for example,impeachmentmight choose to leave office rather than be subjected to such proceedings.
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In spite of the legislature's incentive to monitor the president, his fixed term in office gives him considerable leeway subject only to the threat ofimpeachment.
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As we will see next, she mobilizes this cultural knowledge of bodily difference to project an interpretive background for her for thcomingimpeachmentof the defendant.
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Apart from the process ofimpeachment, the congress could exercise some form of control over the executive by calling in person cabinet ministers to inform about particular areas of policy.
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I think that the recent history ofimpeachmentprocesses there is not a very good model for us to follow here.
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There are many reasons why the question ofimpeachmentis relevant.
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This is the only opportunity we get of defending its administration fromimpeachmentmade outside.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Perhaps there could be some kind ofimpeachmentprocedure leading to the removal of the mayor.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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