A number of serious accusations have been made against her.
她受到了多项严重指控。
The main accusation levelled against him was that he tried to avoid military service.
对他提出的主要指控是他想逃避兵役。
accusation of
His administration now faces accusations of corruption.
他的政府正面临贪污腐败的指控。
accusation that
The organizers of the march strongly denied government accusations that they intended to cause trouble.
游行的组织者极力否认政府对他们企图闹事的指控。
Burton’s enemies had made false accusations against him.
伯顿的敌人对他提出不实的指责。
She’s made all sorts of wild accusations against me in the past.
她过去对我妄加指责,说了种种不是。
They fled the country, amid accusations of corruption.
在一片贪污腐败的指责声中,他们逃离了该国。
nCOLLOCATIONS
verbs
make an accusation
You’ve made a lot of accusations but you haven’t got any evidence.
bring an accusation against somebody
The accusations against him were brought by two 18-year-old women.
level an accusation against/at somebody (=bring an accusation against someone)
As a result, some outrageous accusations were levelled at her.
face an accusation (=have an accusation made about you)
The police faced accusations of using excessive force.
deny/dismiss an accusation
The government denied accusations of corruption.
prove/support an accusation
There were very few facts to support the accusation against him.
adjectives
serious
These are very serious accusations indeed.
false
There were a lot of false accusations throughout the trial.
unfounded/groundless (=not based on facts or reason)
The accusation is totally unfounded.
The embassy denied what it called groundless accusations about its involvement in the attack.
outrageous (=shocking and extremely unfair )
He was drunk and his accusations were becoming more and more outrageous.
a wild accusation (=with no evidence to support it)
She’s made all sorts of wild accusations about him, hasn’t she?
bitter accusations (=angry)
The dispute was marked by bitter accusations from both sides.
repeated accusations
Repeated accusations of neglect were made against the authorities.
renewed accusations (=made again, often in a more forceful way)
The government faced renewed accusations of corruption.
further accusations
There were further accusations of incompetence.
phrases
amid accusations of something (=surrounded by accusations)
He fled the country amid accusations of fraud.
nTHESAURUS
accusation a statement saying that you believe someone is guilty of a crime or of doing something bad
The army has faced accusations of racism.
allegation a public statement accusing someone of doing something although it has not been proved
He denied allegations that he received a bribe.
Police are investigating allegations of corruption.
charge an official statement by the police accusing someone of a crime and saying that they must go to court, or a statement saying that someone has done something bad, made by anyone
He appeared in court on a murder charge.
She denied the charge that the article had been misleading.
indictment law especially American EnglishAmE an official written statement accusing someone of a crime so that they will be judged under the Americanlegal system
accusation levelled against• A frequent accusation levelled against the nouveau roman and, indeed, both modernism and postmodernism is their apolitical nature.• Excessivebureaucracy is one accusation levelled against the group by analysts.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + ACCUSATION | ACCUSATION + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤serious嚴肅的指控▸➤baseless, false, unfounded, unsubstantiated無事實根據的指控;誣告;與事實不符的指控;無依據的指控▸➤ridiculous, wild荒謬的指控;胡亂指責▸➤bitter憤憤不平的控訴▸➤mutual互相指責◇They sank into mutual accusation and recrimination.他們落到了相互指責和歸罪的地步。➤public公開指責▸➤veiled含蓄的指責◇She made a lot of thinly veiled accusations.她多次提出指責,幾乎不加什麼掩飾。➤renewed, repeated重新提出的指控;反複的指責VERB + ACCUSATION➤hurl, level against/at, make厲聲指責;對⋯進行指責;指責◇They have the nerve to level these accusations against one of our most respected members.他們竟敢將這些指責指向我們最受尊敬的一名成員。➤face面對指控◇Their father now faces an accusation of murder.他們的父親正面臨謀殺罪的指控。➤deny, dismiss, refute, reject否認控罪;不受理某項指控;反駁指控;駁回指控▸➤prove, substantiate, support證明指控;為指控提出事實根據;支持指控◇New evidence has emerged which supports the accusation against her.支持對她的指控的新證據已出現。ACCUSATION + VERB➤fly, fly around指責之聲滿天飛;四處響起指責之聲◇There seem to be a lot of wild accusations flying around.胡亂的指責似乎滿天飛。PREPOSITION➤amid accusations陷於指控中◇He fled the country amid accusations of fraud.他身陷欺詐指控,於是潛逃出國。➤accusation against對⋯的控告◇You made a public accusation of misconduct against Saunders.你公開指控了桑德斯失職。➤accusation of⋯的指控◇He was forced to defend himself against accusations of plagiarism.他被迫對自己涉嫌抄襲的指控進行辯護。PHRASES➤bring an accusation against sb對某人提出控告◇She rejected all the accusations brought against her.她否認所有對自己的指控。