- Impeach means to charge someone with doing something wrong, specifically a high government official, such as the US president, a senator, or a Federal judge. Fortunately, very few presidents have had the dishonor of being impeached.
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- vt. 弹劾；归咎；怀疑
- n. 控告，检举；弹劾；怀疑
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1. Mr Clinton also survived the Republicans’ subsequent attempt to impeach him, while the Republicans lost seats in the House at the next election.
克林顿还侥幸渡过了共和党随后对他的弹劾企图，与此同时共和党在接下来的众议院选举中丢失了席位。
- impeach (v.) formerly also empeach, late 14c., "to impede, hinder, prevent," from Anglo-French empecher, Old French empeechier "to hinder, stop, impede; capture, trap, ensnare" (12c., Modern French empêcher), from Late Latin impedicare "to fetter, catch, entangle," from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (from PIE root *en "in") + Latin pedica "a shackle, fetter," from pes (genitive pedis) "foot" (from PIE root *ped- "foot"). Sense of "accuse a public officer of misconduct" first recorded 1560s, perhaps via Medieval Latin confusion of the word with Latin impetere "attack, accuse" (see impetus). Related: Impeached; impeaching.
im·peach / ɪmˈpiːtʃ ; NAmE ɪmˈpiːtʃ / verb 1 impeachsb (for sth) (of a court or other official body, especially in the US 尤指美国的法庭或其他官方机构 ) to charge an important public figure with a serious crime 控告（显要公职人员）犯重大罪行；弹劾 2 impeachsth ( formal) to raise doubts about sth 怀疑 SYN question ◆ to impeach sb's motives 怀疑某人的动机 ▶ im·peach·ment impeachment impeachments / ɪmˈpiːtʃmənt ; NAmE ɪmˈpiːtʃmənt / noun [uncountable , countable ] impeach impeaches impeached impeaching im·peach / ɪmˈpiːtʃ ; NAmE ɪmˈpiːtʃ / im·peach·ment / ɪmˈpiːtʃmənt ; NAmE ɪmˈpiːtʃmənt /
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