accuse
verbWord Family
- accuse verb
- accusation noun
- accusing adjective
- accusatory adjective
- accused noun
to say that somebody has done something wrong or is guilty of something 控告；控诉；谴责 - accuse somebody of something
to accuse somebody of murder/a crime 指控某人谋杀/犯罪 - accuse somebody of doing something
She accused him of lying. 她指责他说谎。 - be accused of something
The government was accused of incompetence. 政府被指责无能。 to be falsely/wrongly/unjustly accused of something 被错误地/错误地/不公正地指控某事 - (formal)
They stand accused of crimes against humanity. 他们被控危害人类罪。
Extra ExamplesHis critics accused his work of lacking in realism. 批评他的人指责他的作品缺乏现实主义。 No one could ever accuse this government of not caring about the poor. 没有人会指责该政府不关心穷人。 She practically accused me of starting the fire! 她等于说是指责我纵火！ They openly accused her of dishonesty. 他们公开指控她不诚实。 You can't accuse me of being selfish. 你不能说我自私。 A man accused of murder has been remanded in custody for a month by magistrates. 一名被控谋杀的男子被地方法官还押候审一个月。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- falsely
- unjustly
- wrongfully
- …
- cannot
- of
- stand accused of
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French acuser, from Latin accusare ‘call to account’, from ad- ‘towards’ + causa ‘reason, motive, lawsuit’.- accuse somebody of something