exculpate
v.开脱
难易程度:
exculpate为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:exculpation 动词过去式:exculpated 过去分词:exculpated 现在分词:exculpating 第三人称单数:exculpates 形容词:exculpable
词根
culp=blame(过失),guilt(罪过)
近义词, 同义词
exculpate
/'ekskʌlpeɪt; `ɛkskʌl,pet/
v [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb (from sth) (fml 文) free sb from blame; say that sb is not guilty 为某人开脱; 说某人无罪
*exculpate a person from a charge 开脱对某人的指责
* exculpate oneself from blame 为自己辩解.
exculpate
v [T]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Medieval Latin;Origin: , past participle of exculpare, from Latin culpa 'blame']
formal to prove that someone is not guilty of something
>exculpation [,ekskʌl'peɪʃən/