allege

• vt. 宣称，断言；提出…作为理由

前缀al-同ad-，在字母l开头的词根前同化为l. 词根leg, 送，派，见legate, 教宗使节。提交证据，指控。

1. report or maintain;

"He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"

"He said it was too late to intervene in the war"

"The registrar says that I owe the school money"

allege

allege: [14] Allege is related to law, legal, legislation, legation, and litigation. Its original source was Vulgar Latin *exlitigāre, which meant ‘clear of charges in a lawsuit’ (from ex- ‘out of’ and litigāre ‘litigate’). This developed successively into Old French esligier and Anglo- Norman alegier, from where it was borrowed into English; there, its original meaning was ‘make a declaration before a legal tribunal’.

Early traces of the notion of making an assertion without proof can be detected within 50 years of the word’s introduction into English, but it took a couple of centuries to develop fully. The hard g of allegation suggests that though it is ultimately related to allege, it comes from a slightly different source: Latin allēgātiō, from allēgāre ‘adduce’, a compound verb formed from ad- ‘to’ and lēgāre ‘charge’ (source of English legate and legation).
=> law, legal, legation, legislation, litigation

allege (v.)

c. 1300. It has the form of one French verb and the meaning of another. The form is Anglo-French aleger, Old French eslegier "to clear at law," from Latin ex- "out of" (see ex-) and litigare "bring suit" (see litigate); however eslegier meant "acquit, clear of charges in a lawsuit." It somehow acquired the meaning of French alléguer, from Latin allegare "send for, bring forth, name, produce in evidence," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + legare "to depute, send" (see legate). Related: Alleged; alleging.

assert, affirm, allege, maintain, testify, claim

这些动词均含有"断言，声称"之意。

assert：主观意味强，指自认为某事就是如此，而不管事实如何。

affirm：侧重在作出断言时表现出的坚定与不可动摇的态度。

allege：多指无真凭实据，不提供证据的断言或宣称。

maintain：与assert近义，但前者指坚决维护某种主张或观点。

testify：多指在法庭作证，庄严地宣称自己所说属实。

claim：可与assert换用，但语气弱一些，侧重指行为自己的权利提出要求他人承认。

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The prosecution alleges (that) she was driving carelessly.

控方指控她粗心驾驶。

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It is alleged that he mistreated the prisoners.

据称他虐待犯人。

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He is alleged to have mistreated the prisoners.

他被指控虐待犯人。

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This procedure should be followed in cases where dishonesty has been alleged.

指控欺诈的案件应遵循本诉讼程序。

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[只用于名词前](formal)the alleged attacker/victim/killer (= that sb says is one)

据称的袭击者 / 受害者 / 杀人凶手

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the alleged attack/offence/incident (= that sb says has happened)

据称的袭击 / 罪行 / 事件

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crimes allegedly committed during the war

据说是战争期间所犯的罪行

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She alleged that there was rampant drug use among the male members of the group...

她声称该团体中有大量的男性成员吸毒。

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The accused is alleged to have killed a man...

被告据称谋杀了一名男子。

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To aver is to allege in a pleading.

立证是在辩护中引例证明.

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The newspaper reporter allege that the man was innocent.

新闻记者宣称这个男人是无辜的.

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The police allege that the man was murdered but they have given no proof.

警方声称这男子是被人谋杀的,但未提出任何证据.

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There is some truth to these allegations, but less than the slogans allege.

这些话语有那么一部分真实成份, 但是比某些标语口号宣扬的要少些.

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This week, we have move from wood vegetable root vegetables to allege vegetables leafy vegetable.

这周, 我们从根类蔬菜转移到叶类蔬菜上来.

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Prosecutors allege Estrada embezzled US $ 80 million during the thirty months in office.

检察官指控艾斯特拉达在位三十个月,非法侵吞八千万美元.

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Parks was subjected to threats , misrepresentations and coercion, the family members allege in the complaint.

帕克斯女士的家族成员在申诉中辩称,帕克斯遭到过威胁 、 谣传、恐吓.

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Nobody could allege that it is " important " in the open day for so many years.

许多年来,没有人敢在光天化日之下表示自己 “ 很重要 ”.

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Trading in such contracts encourages hoarding, thereby raising prices, the politicians allege.

政客们认为,这种交易会促进商人囤积, 从而引发价格上扬.

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Nobody has any justification to allege that the suspect.

谁都没有理由来指正那名嫌犯有罪.

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The newspaper reporters allege that the man was murdered but they have given no proof.

新闻记者们宣称这个男人是被谋杀的,但他们没提出证据.

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He would again and again allege that he was wholly unfitted to new duties.

他一再指出,他完全不适合担任新的职务.

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Most critics of the peasant associations allege that they have done a great many bad things.

一般指摘农会的人说农会做了许多坏事.

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Older complaints generally allege problems with games offered through Blizzard.

早先的投诉一般都是关于暴雪公司的游戏问题.

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Students occasionally allege illness as the reason for absence.

学生时不时会称病缺课.

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Case bring by a plaintiff who allege he suffer damage or harm cause by the defendant.

由原告提起的诉讼.原告声称被告使其遭受损坏或伤害.

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They police allege that the man was murdered but they have given no proof.

警方称这男子是被人谋杀的,但没提出任何证据.

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Prosecutors in the trial allege the defendants plotted to overthrow the government.

检方在审判中指称被告密谋推翻政府。

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