ac·cuse /əˈkjuːz/ ●●○ W3 verb [transitiveT]SCCACCUSEto say that you believe someone is guilty of a crime or of doing something bad 控告;指責accuse somebody of (doing) somethingHe was accused of murder. 他被控謀殺。
Smith accused her of lying. 史密斯指責她說謊。
The professor stands accused of (=has been accused of) stealing his student’s ideas and publishing them. 那位教授被指控剽竊學生的觀點拿去發表。
—accuser noun [countableC]
n GrammarYou accuse someone of doing something: They accused him of cheating.
✗Don’t say: accuse someone to do something THESAURUSaccuse to say that you believe that someone is guilty of a crime or of doing something bad 控告;指責Two women have been accused of kidnapping a newborn baby. 兩名女子被控綁架一名新生嬰兒。
Are you accusing me of lying? 你是指責我撒謊嗎?
allege /əˈledʒ/ to accuse someone of doing something, although this has not been proved 〔在未證實的情況下〕斷言,聲稱He alleged that the other man had attacked him first. 他聲稱是另一名男子首先襲擊他的。
charge if the police charge someone, they officially tell that person that they are believed to be guilty of a crime and that they must go to court 〔警方〕指控,起訴She was charged with murder. 她被指控犯有謀殺罪。
indict American EnglishAmE law to officially accuse someone of a crime so that they will be judged in court under the American legal system 控告,起訴He was indicted on charges of fraud. 他因涉嫌詐騙被起訴。