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exonerate sb of sth
常与 of 连用，表示使某人免于某项指控。
The new evidence exonerated the suspect of all charges.
新证据证明嫌疑人在所有指控上无罪。
宣告无罪；证明无罪；开释
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宣告无罪；证明无罪；开释
pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
The new evidence exonerated the suspect of all charges.
新证据证明嫌疑人在所有指控上无罪。
多用于正式或法律语境，指正式宣告无罪或免除罪责。
免除(某人)的义务、责任或任务。
To free (someone) from an obligation, responsibility or task.
使(某人)免于指控或罪责。
To free (someone) from accusation or blame.
exonerate
Base
原形
exonerates
3rd person
第三人称单数
exonerating
-ing
现在分词
exonerated
Past
过去式
exonerated
Past participle
过去分词
The new evidence exonerates her completely.
新证据完全证明她无罪。
The court exonerated him after a lengthy trial.
经过漫长的审判，法院宣告他无罪。
The investigation has exonerated the accused.
调查已证明被告无罪。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词均为 exonerated；常用于正式语境，表示官方宣告无罪或免除责任。
After the real culprit confessed, the judge exonerated the defendant.
真凶供认后，法官宣告被告无罪。
The new security footage exonerates her from the accusation of theft.
新的监控录像证明她未犯盗窃罪。
The committee is exonerating the officer after reviewing the evidence.
委员会在审查证据后正宣布这名警员无罪。
常与 of 连用，表示使某人免于某项指控。
The new evidence exonerated the suspect of all charges.
新证据证明嫌疑人在所有指控上无罪。
from 后常接 responsibility、blame 等表示义务或责任的词。
The report exonerated the manager from all responsibility for the failure.
报告免除了经理对这次失败的全部责任。
被动语态在法律新闻中很常见。
After months in prison, she was exonerated of the crime.
入狱数月后，她被证明未犯该罪。
Not this
He exonerated of the crime.
Use this
He was exonerated of the crime.
exonerate 是及物动词，表示“某人被证明无罪”时必须用被动语态 be exonerated of，不能把 He 当作主动者；中文的“被”在英语中由 be 动词体现。
Not this
The court exonerated him for the crime.
Use this
The court exonerated him of the crime.
表示“免除某人的罪名/指控”时，exonerate 与 of 搭配，不用 for；for 表示原因，如 arrested for the crime，但这里应该用 of 引出罪名。
Not this
The DNA evidence exonerated that he was innocent.
Use this
The DNA evidence exonerated him.
exonerate 是及物动词，宾语只能是被宣告无罪的人，不能接 that 从句；“证明某人无罪”应把“某人”放在宾语位置，或用 prove/declare 后接 that 从句。
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免受指责；开脱过错
The committee's report exonerated the manager from blame.
委员会的报告使这位经理免受指责。
证明没有违法行为
The investigation exonerated the officers of any wrongdoing.
调查证明这些官员没有任何违法行为。
完全证明无罪；彻底洗清罪名
The DNA tests fully exonerated the man who had been jailed for twenty years.
DNA检测完全证明那名被监禁二十年的人无罪。
死后证明无罪；追认无罪
The court posthumously exonerated the soldier who had been executed.
法庭追认这位被处决的士兵无罪。
宣告被告无罪
The judge exonerated the accused for lack of evidence.
法官因证据不足而宣告被告无罪。
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联想：把onus（重担）从身上卸下（ex-向外），exonerate即宣告无罪。
语域：formal 常见场景：法律语境、正式新闻报道 exonerate 通常用于正式或法律语境，表示正式宣告无罪，日常生活中较少使用。
Genuine rhymes: none. Words like generate, tolerate, accelerate, and incinerate share the spelling chunk -erate, but their stressed vowels differ from exonerate (/ɪɡˈzɒnəreɪt/); moderate and considerate also change the final vowel to /ət/. Treat them as spelling lookalikes, not rhymes.
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