Word · Frequency #19034
exonerated
宣告无罪；证明无罪；开释
exonerated is the past of exonerate.
pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
多用于正式或法律语境，指正式宣告无罪或免除罪责。
- 1.
To free (someone) from an obligation, responsibility or task.
免除(某人)的义务、责任或任务。
- 2.
To free (someone) from accusation or blame.
使(某人)免于指控或罪责。
免除(某人)的义务、责任或任务。；使(某人)免于指控或罪责。；免除；证明无罪；[法] 解放；开释
In use
After the real culprit confessed, the judge exonerated the defendant.
The new security footage exonerates her from the accusation of theft.
The committee is exonerating the officer after reviewing the evidence.
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。
exonerate sb from sth
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。
be exonerated of sth
被动语态在法律新闻中很常见。
Connections
Collocations
- exonerate from blame
- 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。
- exonerate of wrongdoing
- 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。
- fully exonerate
- 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。
- posthumously exonerate
- 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。
- exonerate the accused
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：把onus（重担）从身上卸下（ex-向外），exonerate即宣告无罪。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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