ac·cuse /əˈkjuːz/ ●●○ W3 verb [transitiveT] SCCACCUSEto say that you believe someone is guilty of a crime or of doing something bad 控告;指责accuse somebody of (doing) something He was accused of murder. 他被控谋杀。
Smith accused her of lying. 史密斯指责她说谎。
The professor stands accused of (=has been accused of) stealing his student’s ideas and publishing them. 那位教授被指控剽窃学生的观点拿去发表。
—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;指责Two women have been accused of kidnapping a newborn baby. 两名女子被控绑架一名新生婴儿。
Are you accusing me of lying? 你是指责我撒谎吗?
allege /əˈledʒ/ to accuse someone of doing something, although this has not been proved 〔在未证实的情况下〕断言,声称He alleged that the other man had attacked him first. 他声称是另一名男子首先袭击他的。
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,起诉She was charged with murder. 她被指控犯有谋杀罪。
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,起诉He was indicted on charges of fraud. 他因涉嫌诈骗被起诉。