impeach

🇬🇧 UK/im'pi:tʃ/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office; to call into question someone's honesty or credibility.

弹劾(官员);质疑某人的诚信

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
impeachother
=impeach

Common Collocations

  • 1.impeach president弹劾总统
  • 2.impeach official弹劾官员
  • 3.impeach credibility质疑可信度

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Congress voted to impeach the president on charges of misconduct.

  • 2.

    The witness's testimony was used to impeach the credibility of the defendant.

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