Word · Frequency #26335
impeach
怀疑；质疑
核心释义
此处指质疑诚信，不是“弹劾”
to challenge the honesty or veracity of someone
- 1.
阻碍；妨碍；阻止。
To hinder, impede, or prevent.
- 2.
质疑诚实或真实性
challenge the honesty or veracity of
- 3.
对公职人员提起法律诉讼。
To bring a legal proceeding against a public official.
- 4.
指控(公职人员)在任期间犯下的罪行或不当行为
charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office
- 5.
指控行为不当；使受怀疑；质疑。
To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.
- 6.
提出指控；控告
bring an accusation against; level a charge against
- 7.
在法庭上证明宣誓证词与先前的证词(通常为取证时的证词)相矛盾。
To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition.
阻碍；妨碍；阻止。；质疑诚实或真实性；对公职人员提起法律诉讼。；指控(公职人员)在任期间犯下的罪行或不当行为；指控行为不当；使受怀疑；质疑。
用法In use
In the debate, she tried to impeach her opponent's argument by pointing out a logical flaw.
用法提示：impeach 作及物动词，后接 argument 作宾语，意为“质疑、挑战”。
The new report impeaches the claim that the product is completely safe.
用法提示：impeaches 是第三人称单数形式，表示“对…提出质疑”。
Once her story had been impeached, nobody believed anything she said.
用法提示：had been impeached 为被动语态，意为“（说法）被质疑”。
the lawyers tried to impeach the credibility of the witnesses
The President was impeached
impeach sb
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- impeach the president
- 弹劾总统
- The opposition party is trying to impeach the president.反对党正试图弹劾总统。
- impeach a judge
- 弹劾法官
- They sought to impeach the judge for accepting bribes.他们试图弹劾那名接受贿赂的法官。
- impeach a witness
- 质疑证人的可信度
- The lawyer tried to impeach the prosecution's key witness.律师试图质疑控方关键证人的可信度。
- vote to impeach
- 投票弹劾
- The House of Representatives voted to impeach the president.众议院投票弹劾总统。
- be impeached for
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记法：impeach 里 peach 是桃子，想象对着一个桃子怀疑它是否正宗——引申为质疑（诚信）。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：legal discourse、formal writing、debate 此词义多用于正式或法律语境，常指对证人证词、观点等的可信度提出质疑，日常口语中较少使用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words rhyme with the stressed syllable of 'impeach' (/ɪmˈpitʃ/): they share the final /iːtʃ/ sound. Note that 'speech' is spelled with -eech, not -each. Beware of lookalikes such as 'pitch' (/pɪtʃ/, 沥青；投掷) and 'patch' (/pætʃ/, 补丁), which look similar but have different vowel sounds.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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