accuse
verb[T]
uk/əˈkjuːz/us/əˈkjuːz/B2
to say that someone has done somethingmorallywrong,illegal, orunkind:
指控,控告;指责;谴责"It wasn't myfault." "Don'tworry, I'm not accusing you."“不是我的错。”“别担心,我不是在指责你。”
He's been accusedofrobbery/murder.他被指控犯有抢劫/谋杀罪。
Are you accusing meoflying?你是在指责我撒谎吗?
Thesurgeonwas accusedofnegligence.这名外科医生被控玩忽职守。
to accuse someone of something
- accuseHe was accused of statutory rape.
- make an accusation againstShe was arrested for making false accusations against her former employer.
- level an accusation againstFerguson was furious at the accusations levelled against his player.
- level a charge againstShe denied all the charges levelled against her.
- hurl accusations atShe hurled accusations at her ex-husband across the courtroom.
- charge someone withHe was charged with three counts of fraud.
stand accused ofsomethingformal
If youstandaccused of doing somethingwrong,peoplesay that you have done it:
被指控…;因为…受谴责Thegovernmentstandsaccused oferodingfreedomofspeech.政府因侵犯言论自由受到谴责。
- She's been accused ofactingdishonestly.
- She accused heremployerofsexdiscrimination.
- He's been accused ofrobbery/murder.
- Are you accusing me oflying?
- "It wasn't myfault." "Don'tworry, I'm not accusing you."
Blaming & accusing
- a bad workman blames his toolsidiom
- accusatory
- accuser
- accusingly
- allegedly
- attribution
- blame
- contributory negligence
- denunciation
- finger
- incriminate
- indict
- lay
- laysomethingatsomeone'sdooridiom
- levelsomethingagainst/atsomeone
- lightning conductor
- McCarthyite
- misattribute
- nail
- sacrificial lamb
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Taking legal action