| 单词 | impeach |
| 释义 | impeach —impeacher, n. /im peech"/, v.t. 1. to accuse (a public official) before an appropriate tribunal of misconduct in office. 2. Chiefly Law. to challenge the credibility of: to impeach a witness. 3. to bring an accusation against. 4. to call in question; cast an imputation upon: to impeach a person's motives. 5. to call to account. n. 6. Obs. impeachment. [1350-1400; ME empechen, enpeshen < AF empecher < LL impedicare to fetter, trap, equiv. to L im- IM-1 + pedic(a) a fetter (deriv. of pes FOOT) + -a- thematic vowel + -re inf. suffix] Syn. 4. question, challenge, impugn. |
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