| 释义 |
impeach or (Spenser) empeach /im-pēchˈ/ transitive verb- To disparage
- To find fault with
- To call in question or cast doubt on
- To arraign (esp when a lower legislative house charges a high officer with grave offences before the upper house as judges)
- To turn king's evidence against (law)
- To bring an accusation against
- To charge (a public official) with an offence committed in office (esp N American)
- To hinder, impede, prevent (obsolete)
- To impair (obsolete)
noun- Hindrance, prevention (obsolete)
- Damage, impairment, detriment (obsolete)
- Calling in question (Shakespeare)
ORIGIN: OFr empech(i)er to hinder (Fr empêcher), from L impedicāre to fetter impeachˈable adjective impeachˈer noun impeachˈment noun |