Word · Frequency #26335
impeaches
怀疑；质疑
impeaches is the third person singular of impeach.
to challenge the honesty or veracity of someone
此处指质疑诚信，不是“弹劾”
- 1.
To hinder, impede, or prevent.
阻碍；妨碍；阻止。
- 2.
challenge the honesty or veracity of
质疑诚实或真实性
- 3.
To bring a legal proceeding against a public official.
对公职人员提起法律诉讼。
- 4.
charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office
指控(公职人员)在任期间犯下的罪行或不当行为
- 5.
To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.
指控行为不当；使受怀疑；质疑。
- 6.
bring an accusation against; level a charge against
提出指控；控告
- 7.
To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition.
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。
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。
In use
In the debate, she tried to impeach her opponent's argument by pointing out a logical flaw.
The new report impeaches the claim that the product is completely safe.
Once her story had been impeached, nobody believed anything she said.
the lawyers tried to impeach the credibility of the witnesses
The President was impeached
impeach sb
The committee voted to impeach the president.
委员会投票弹劾总统。
be impeached for sth
法律语境中常用被动语态，表示某人因某项罪行被正式起诉。
Connections
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
- 因……而遭到弹劾
- The governor was impeached for corruption.州长因腐败而遭到弹劾。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
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）。
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。
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.
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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