allegation• He has made an allegation, and I expect him to substantiate it.• There have been allegations in the press that the fire was started deliberately.• Previously the coupallegations have been launched against the manner by which Bushobtained the presidency.• Weimar deniedallegations of financial mismanagement.• I told the Minister that I found his allegationsincredible.• It is a wild and mischievousallegation, for which the hon. Lady has not a shadow of evidence.• These are seriousallegations. Do you have any evidence to support them?• The newspaper made several allegations, none of which turned out to be true.• The book contains shockingallegations about the senator's private life.• As the allegations have come out over the past six months, neither party seems immune.• But if the allegation is hearsay or purefabrication, Walenski is being railroaded.• Prosecutors said the allegation was made long ago by an unreliablesupergrass, and no investigation is expected.• There were allegations of corruption in the police department.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + ALLEGATION | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤damaging, serious詆譭性的/嚴肅的指控▸➤baseless, false, spurious, unfounded, unproven, unsubstantiated, untrue, wild沒有根據的/虛假的/偽造的/無證據的/未經證實的/經不起推敲的/不實的/荒誕的指控➤malicious惡意的指控➤defamatory誹謗的言辭▸➤credible, true可信的/真實的陳述◇The defendants in the libel case maintain that their allegations are true.誹謗案的被告堅稱他們的說法是真實的。➤fresh, further, new新的指控;進一步的指控◇There have been fresh allegations of atrocities.又有關於暴行的新指控。➤widespread廣泛流傳的說法▸➤corruption, fraud, rape腐敗/詐騙/強姦指控VERB + ALLEGATION➤level, make, publish, report提出指控;宣稱;公開指控;報道指控▸➤retract, withdraw收回/撤銷指控◇I advise you to withdraw your allegation before I contact my lawyer.我建議你在我同我的律師聯繫之前收回你的指控。➤be at the centre/center of, be confronted with, face位於指控的中心;面臨指控;面對指控◇the school at the centre / center of these allegations面臨多項指控、處於風口浪尖的學校➤admit承認指控◇She refused to admit the allegations.她不承認這些指控。➤deny, dismiss, dispute, reject否認/駁回/質疑/不承認指控▸➤answer, contest, counter, refute回應/質疑/反駁/駁斥指控◇The president has the right to answer specific allegations.總統有權回應各種具體的指控。◇He will need to counter allegations that he accepted money from criminals.他需要對他曾接受過罪犯賄賂的指控加以反駁。➤confirm, prove, support確認/證實/支持指控◇The committee found no evidence to support allegations of smuggling.委員會沒有發現能夠支持走私指控的證據。➤disprove證明指控不成立◇It took over two months to disprove the allegation.證明該指控不成立用了兩個多月的時間。➤give rise to, lead to, prompt, provoke導致⋯說法;引發⋯指控◇The sudden collapse of the business led to allegations of corrupt deals.企業的突然倒閉引出腐敗交易的種種說辭。➤examine, investigate, look into, probe (used in journalism新聞用語)調查指控;查究指控◇The governor of the prison is investigating allegations that a prisoner was attacked and beaten by a prison warden.典獄長正在調查一位監獄看守攻擊和毆打一名犯人的指控。PREPOSITION➤amid allegation在指控聲中◇He has resigned amid corruption allegations.他在腐敗的指控聲中辭職了。➤allegation about, allegation concerning關於⋯的說法◇allegations about the president's private life關於總統私生活的種種說法➤allegation against針對⋯的指控◇He has made certain allegations against the company.他已經對這家公司提出了若干指控。