impeach

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To hinder, impede, or prevent.
    — These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land.
  2. To bring a legal proceeding against a public official.
    — President Clinton was impeached by the House in November 1998, but since the Senate acquitted him, he was not removed from office.
  3. To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.
  4. To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition.

词形变化

impeaches present,singular,third-person impeaching participle,present impeached participle,past impeached past empeach alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
disimpeach impeachable impeacher impeachment impeachy unimpeached

词源

From Middle English empechen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman empecher, from Old French empeechier (“to hinder”), from Latin impedicāre (“to fetter”). Cognate with French empêcher (“to prevent”).
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