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indict

美音:[ın´daıt ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[ın´daıt ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
vt.起诉,控告,指控,告发

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indict为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

名词:indictee 动词过去式:indicted 过去分词:indicted 现在分词:indicting 第三人称单数:indicts

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dict=to say(说) 变化型 dit

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indict


/ɪn'daɪt; ɪn`daɪt/
v [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb (for sth) (law 律) accuse sb officially (of sth); charge sb (就某事)控告、起诉或告发某人
*He was indicted for murder/on three counts of murder. 他被控杀人[三项谋杀罪].

indict


v [I and T]law especially AmE
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Anglo-French;Origin: enditer, from Old French, 'to write down', from Latin indicere 'to say publicly or officially', from dicere 'to say'; influenced by Medieval Latin indictare 'to indict']
to officially charge someone with a criminal offence
indict sb for sth
 He was indicted for vehicular homicide in 1987.