| 单词 | accuse |
| 释义 | accuse (once / 94 pages) v If you charge someone with misdeeds or misconduct, you accuse that person. If the last piece of devil's food cake is missing, your sister may accuse you of eating it — especially if you have chocolate on your mouth. The verb accuse comes from the Latin word accusare, which itself is formed from the roots ad, meaning toward, and causa, reason or lawsuit. "Cause," "excuse," and even "ruse" are all from that same root word. Today, if you're accused of a crime, you may still be headed toward a lawsuit. However, to accuse someone of a crime doesn't necessarily make them guilty — plenty of people have been falsely accused. WORD FAMILYaccuse: accusal, accusation, accusative, accusatory, accused, accuser, accuses, accusing, accusive+/accusal: accusals/accusation: accusations, accusatorial, self-accusation/accusative: accusatives/accusatorial: accusatorially/accuser: accusers/accusing: accusingly USAGE EXAMPLESThe councilman accused media outlets of incorrectly reporting his proposal, which he said emulated similar laws in Santa Monica, New York and Miami Beach. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) He says 10 arrests were of motorists accused of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs - up from six last year. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The Jackson newspaper reports that an indictment accuses Calloway of trying to get accused murderer Marvin Banks away from the scene of the officers’ shootings. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1v blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against Syn|Hypo charge blame, fault put or pin the blame on criminate, impeach, incriminatebring an accusation against; level a charge against asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sullycharge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone indictaccuse formally of a crime reproach, upbraidexpress criticism towards arraignaccuse of a wrong or an inadequacy recriminatereturn an accusation against someone or engage in mutual accusations; charge in return assassinatedestroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation libelprint slanderous statements against badmouth, drag through the mud, malign, traducespeak unfavorably about charge, file, lodgefile a formal charge against 2v bring an accusation against; level a charge against The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse Syn|Hypo|Hyper criminate, impeach, incriminate reproach, upbraid express criticism towards arraignaccuse of a wrong or an inadequacy recriminatereturn an accusation against someone or engage in mutual accusations; charge in return charge, file, lodgefile a formal charge against impeachcharge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office charge blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against |
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