impeach
impeach
verb
impeachable
adjective
impeachment
noun
语源
verb
- [with obj.]call into question the integrity or validity of (a practice)
置疑（惯例）的完整（或有效性）
there is no desire to impeach the privileges of the House of Commons.
没有置疑下议院特权完整有效性的要求。
■(Brit.)charge with treason or another crime against the state
(英)控告（叛国等反国罪行）
■(chiefly US)charge (the holder of a public office) with misconduct
(主美)弹劾（官员）
impeachable
adjective
impeachment
noun
语源
- late Middle English (also in the sense 'hinder, prevent'; earlier as empeche): from Old French empecher 'impede', from late Latin impedicare 'catch, entangle' (based on pedica 'a fetter', from pes, ped- 'foot'). Compare with impede
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