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单词 accuse
释义

accuse

verb
 
/əˈkjuːz/
/əˈkjuːz/
Word Family
  • accuse verb
  • accusation noun
  • accusing adjective
  • accusatory adjective
  • accused noun
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they accuse
/əˈkjuːz/
/əˈkjuːz/
he / she / it accuses
/əˈkjuːzɪz/
/əˈkjuːzɪz/
past simple accused
/əˈkjuːzd/
/əˈkjuːzd/
past participle accused
/əˈkjuːzd/
/əˈkjuːzd/
-ing form accusing
/əˈkjuːzɪŋ/
/əˈkjuːzɪŋ/
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  1. to say that somebody has done something wrong or is guilty of something
    • accuse somebody of something to accuse somebody of murder/a crime
    • accuse somebody of doing something She accused him of lying.
    • be accused of something The government was accused of incompetence.
    • to be falsely/wrongly/unjustly accused of something
    • (formal) They stand accused of crimes against humanity.
    Wordfinder
    • accuse
    • appeal
    • counsel
    • defendant
    • evidence
    • justice
    • offence
    • plea
    • prosecution
    • trial
    Extra Examples
    • His critics accused his work of lacking in realism.
    • No one could ever accuse this government of not caring about the poor.
    • She practically accused me of starting the fire!
    • They openly accused her of dishonesty.
    • You can't accuse me of being selfish.
    • A man accused of murder has been remanded in custody for a month by magistrates.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • falsely
    • unjustly
    • wrongfully
    verb + accuse
    • cannot
    preposition
    • of
    phrases
    • stand accused of
    See full entry
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French acuser, from Latin accusare ‘call to account’, from ad- ‘towards’ + causa ‘reason, motive, lawsuit’.
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