- [countable, usually singular] indictment (of/on somebody/something)
a sign that a system, society, etc. is very bad or very wrong （制度、社会等的）衰败迹象，腐败迹象 The poverty in our cities is a damning indictment of modern society. 我们的城市中贫民的苦况是现代社会的一大败象。 This research is a terrible indictment on the medical profession. 这项研究是对医学界的一项可怕的控诉。
Extra ExamplesHer speech was a scathing indictment of the government's record on crime. 她的演讲尖锐地抨击了政府在犯罪问题上的表现。 This is a rather too sweeping indictment of the field of evolutionary psychology. 对进化心理学的这一批评过于以偏概全了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- devastating
- powerful
- damning
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- [countable] (especially North American English)
an official statement accusing somebody of a crime 刑事起诉书；公诉书 She was convicted on an indictment for conspiracy. 她被控合谋，罪名成立。 The federal district court dismissed the indictment. 联邦地区法院驳回了起诉。 The government announced a federal indictment against him. 政府宣布了对他的联邦指控。 They issued an indictment against them. 他们起诉了他们。 Two men were named in the indictment. 起诉书中提及两个人。 War crimes indictments were handed down by a UN-backed court. 战争罪起诉书是由联合国支持的法院公布的。 an indictment charging theft 盗窃罪起诉书 There is sufficient evidence against him to support an indictment for murder. 有充足的证据支持对他的谋杀罪指控。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- criminal
- felony
- federal
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- bring
- file
- issue
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- accuse somebody of something
- allege something
- charge (somebody/something with something)
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- in a/the indictment
- on indictment
- indictment against
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the act of officially accusing somebody of a crime 控告；起诉 This led to his indictment on allegations of conspiracy. 这件事最终使他被控犯有共谋罪。 He faces indictment for perjury. 他面临伪证罪指控。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- criminal
- felony
- federal
- …
- bring
- file
- issue
- …
- accuse somebody of something
- allege something
- charge (somebody/something with something)
- …
- in a/the indictment
- on indictment
- indictment against
- …
Word OriginMiddle English enditement, inditement, from Anglo-Norman French enditement, from enditer, based on Latin indicere ‘proclaim, appoint’, from in- ‘towards’ + dicere ‘pronounce, utter’.