Word · Frequency #23156
acquittal
无罪释放；宣告无罪
A legal judgment that someone is not guilty of a crime with which they were charged.
- 1.
A legal decision that someone is not guilty with which they have been charged, or the formal dismissal of a charge by some other legal process.
法律判决某人无罪,或通过其他法律程序正式撤销指控。
- 2.
Payment of a debt or other obligation; reparations, amends.
偿还债务或其他义务；赔偿,补偿。
清偿；偿还；法律判决某人无罪,或通过其他法律程序正式撤销指控。；偿还债务或其他义务；赔偿,补偿。；履行；无罪开释；[经] (债务的)清偿
In use
The jury's acquittal of the defendant surprised everyone in the courtroom.
After his acquittal, he hugged his lawyer and cried with relief.
The defense attorney argued strongly for an acquittal based on lack of evidence.
acquittal of [sb]
表示某人被宣告无罪。
The acquittal of the defendant was unexpected.
被告的无罪开释出乎意料。
acquittal on [charges]
表明在具体指控上无罪。
He secured an acquittal on all charges.
他获得了对所有指控的无罪判决。
lead to an acquittal
强调原因导致无罪结果。
Connections
Collocations
- return an acquittal
- 作出无罪裁决
- The jury returned an acquittal after only an hour of deliberation.陪审团仅商议了一小时就作出了无罪裁决。
- acquittal on all counts
- 对所有指控的无罪判决
- She celebrated her acquittal on all counts.她因所有罪名都被判无罪而庆祝。
- secure an acquittal
- 争取到无罪判决
- The defense team managed to secure an acquittal for their client.辩护团队设法为当事人争取到了无罪判决。
- motion for acquittal
- 无罪判决动议
- The defense filed a motion for acquittal after the prosecution's case.在控方举证后，辩方提出了无罪判决动议。
- judgment of acquittal
- 无罪判决
- The judge granted a judgment of acquittal.法官批准了无罪判决。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记法：acquit（宣告无罪）＋名词后缀 -al；想象法官说“A, quit!”，让被告摆脱罪名，于是无罪释放。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：法庭判决、法律文书、法律新闻报道 该词在表示“宣告无罪”时通常用于正式法律语境，多出现在法庭裁决、法律文书及庭审新闻报道中，日常口语中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending -ittle (little, whittle, brittle, skittle) rhyme with acquittal /əˈkwɪtəl/ because the stressed vowel and following sounds match (/ɪtəl/). Beware lookalikes: acquit /əˈkwɪt/ has no final /əl/, and acquire /əˈkwaɪər/ or acquaintance /əˈkweɪntəns/ differ in vowel and ending.
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