accuse
英 [ə'kjuːz]
美[ə'kjuz]
- vt. 控告，指控；谴责；归咎于
- vi. 指责；控告
词态变化
第三人称单数: accuses;过去式: accused;过去分词: accused;现在分词: accusing;名词: accuser;
英英释意
- 1. bring an accusation against; level a charge against;
- "He charged the man with spousal abuse"
- 2. blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against;
- "he charged me director with indifference"
英文词源
- accuse
- accuse: [13] Accuse comes via Old French acuser from the Latin verb accūsāre, which was based on the noun causa ‘cause’ – but cause in the sense not of ‘something that produces a result’, but of ‘legal action’ (a meaning preserved in English cause list, for instance). Hence accūsāre was to ‘call someone to account for their actions’.
The grammatical term accusative [15] (denoting the case of the object of a verb in Latin and other languages) is derived ultimately from accūsāre, but it arose originally owing to a mistranslation. The Greek term for this case was ptósis aitiātiké ‘case denoting causation’ – a reasonable description of the function of the accusative. Unfortunately the Greek verb aitiásthai also meant ‘accuse’, and it was this sense that Latin grammarians chose to render when adopting the term.
=> cause, excuse - accuse (v.)
- c. 1300, "charge (with an offense, etc.), impugn, blame," from Old French acuser "to accuse, indict, reproach, blame" (13c.), earlier "announce, report, disclose" (12c.), or directly from Latin accusare "to call to account," from ad- "against" (see ad-) + causari "give as a cause or motive," from causa "reason" (see cause (n.)). Related: Accused; accusing; accusingly.
同义词辨析
accuse, charge
这两个动词均有"指控，谴责"之意。
accuse：普通用词，正式或非正式场合，私人或法律上均可用。被指控的情节可轻可重。常与of连用。
charge：常与accuse换用，但charge多指较严重的错误或罪行，而且往往向法庭提出正式起诉。
blame, accuse, condemn, scold, denounce, reproach, rebuke
这些动词均含有"责备，非难"之意。
blame： 普通用词，语气较弱，仅是一般的责难、归咎于，不含用语言责骂之意。
accuse： 语气比blame强，本义为归罪，可用作指非难或谴责之义。
condemn： 正式用词，表示谴责，有较强的司法意味，侧重从道义或原则上的谴责。
scold： 普通用词，多指上级对下级、长辈对后辈或雇主对雇员的态度粗暴、言词激烈的数落。
denounce与condemn同义，但着重公开性。
reproach： 侧重指因他人粗心、自私等引起不满而去指责、找岔。
rebuke： 多指上级对下级进行的公开、强烈、严正而不宽容的责备。隐含一定权威的意味。
考试真题
- Hardworking students being accused of cheating.
出自-2010年12月听力原文
- A handful of lawsuits have been filed in recent years against companies accused of using misleading environmental labels.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文
- Monsanto accused Bowman of patent infringement and won an $84,456 damage award
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
- He was accused of family violence.
出自-2012年6月听力原文
- A steady stream of similar headlines accuse the Net and its offspring apps, social media sites and online games of addicting us to distraction.
2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B
- Still, we need to be careful not to accuse opponents of bad arguments too quickly.
2020年考研真题（英语一）翻译 Section Ⅲ
词组搭配
accuse sb of （doing）sth=charge sb with （doing）sth
指责/指控某人做某事
实用场景例句
- The government was accused of incompetence.
- 政府被指责无能。
牛津词典
- (formal)They stand accused of crimes against humanity.
- 他们被控违反人道罪。
牛津词典
- She accused him of lying.
- 她指责他说谎。
牛津词典
- to accuse sb of murder/theft
- 控告某人谋杀 / 盗窃
牛津词典
- All seven charges accused him of lying in his testimony...
- 七项罪名都指控他作伪证。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The candidate stands accused of breaking promises even before he's in office...
- 该候选人还未上任就遭指责违背诺言。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Today, Rostov stands accused of extortion and racketeering.
- 今天罗斯托夫被控勒索和诈骗。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He was accusing my mum of having an affair with another man...
- 他指责我妈妈与另一个男人有染。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Talk things through in stages. Do not accuse or apportion blame.
- 把事情按部就班地讲清楚。不要责难或归罪于人。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Her assistant was accused of theft and fraud by the police...
- 她的助手被警方指控犯有盗窃和欺诈罪。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- We don't want to accuse anyone unjustly.
- 我们不想冤枉别人.
辞典例句
- On her bad days she'd accuse us all of stealing her things.
- 碰到她情绪极坏的时候,她甚至还会控告我们所有的人,说我们都偷了她的东西.
期刊摘选
- But her opponents in next year's poll may accuse her of pandering to the old elite.
- 但是她明年选举的对手们可能指责她对那些老精英们曲意逢迎.
期刊摘选
- We will accuse the person responsible for this accident.
- 我们将对事故的责任人提起诉讼.
期刊摘选
- I am oily skin, what can accuse oil?
- 我是油性皮肤啊, 什么可以控油 呢 ?
期刊摘选
- It's wrong to accuse him when he's not here and can't answer you back.
- 他现在人不在,没法反驳你,你指责他是不对的.
《简明英汉词典》
- If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway.
- 你如果做好事, 人们会控诉说你必定是出于自私的隐密动机. 但还是要做好事.
期刊摘选
- Some people accuse them of doing good things only for the positive publicity.
- 有些人甚至指责他们做好事是为了出风头.
期刊摘选
- His opponents accuse America of seeking permanent bases in Iraq, turning it into a vassal.
- 但他的反对者指责美国正在寻求在伊拉克建立永久的军事基地, 意图把伊拉克变成美国的附庸.
期刊摘选
- It also should not accuse or place the blame on the customer.
- 它也不应当是指责或怪罪顾客.
期刊摘选
- Neither are they able to prove to you the things which they now accuse me of.
- 13就是他们现在所告我的事,也不能向你证实.
期刊摘选
- But foreign governments can no longer accuse China of refusing to allow its currency to rise.
- 然而,其它国家的政府却再也无法指责中国拒绝让人民币升值.
期刊摘选
- Environmentalists accuse it of trying to sidetrack the issue.
- 而环境保护论者则指责美国试图转移话题.
期刊摘选
- I don't think anyone can accuse him of not being frank.
- 我看谁也不能说他不坦率.
期刊摘选
- Why is it fair to accuse them of defending the status quo?
- 为什么指责他们为现状辩护?这样公平 吗 ?
期刊摘选
- You can't even accuse them of being some sort of overnight corporate entity.
- 你甚至不能控告他们是某种一夜成名的社团的实体.
期刊摘选
- I've been wrong to accuse him.
- 我指责他是不正确的.
《简明英汉词典》
- I hate it when people accuse us of that.
- 我讨厌别人就那件事指责我们。
柯林斯例句
- Talk things through in stages. Do not accuse or apportion blame.
- 把事情按部就班地讲清楚。不要责难或归罪于人。
柯林斯例句
- I don't think it's fair to accuse me of having an attitude problem.
- 我觉得指责我有态度问题有失公允。
柯林斯例句