acquit
acquit
(acquitted, acquitting)
(acquitted, acquitting)
- [with obj.](一般作be acquitted)free (someone) from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty
开释，宣告（某人）无罪
she was acquitted on all counts.
她被判完全无罪。
the jury acquitted Bream of murder.
陪审团认为布里姆谋杀罪名不成立。 - (acquit oneself)conduct oneself or perform in a specified way
行为，表现
the goalkeeper acquitted himself well.
守门员表现良好。
■(acquit oneself of)(archaic)discharge (a duty or responsibility)
(古)脱卸（职责，责任）
- middle English (originally in the sense 'pay a debt, discharge a liability'): from Old French acquiter, from medieval Latin acquitare 'pay a debt', from ad- 'to' + quitare 'set free'
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