英语释义

1. to charge with a crime or misdemeanor specifically to charge (a public official) before a competent tribunal with misconduct in office
After Andrew Johnson, the first president to be impeached, finished his chaotic and disgraceful administration, Grant was the inevitable successor.
— Richard Brookhiser

2. to cast doubt on especially to challenge the credibility or validity of
impeach the testimony of a witness The Husby's credit rating was impeached because IRS managers were unable to stop the … computer from generating false information.
— David Burnham A basic rule of evidence permits any witness to be impeached by establishing that she made a prior statement inconsistent with the current testimony.
— Jack H. Friedenthal et al.

3. charge, impeachment

4. to charge (a public official) with a crime done while in office

5. to cause doubts about the truthfulness of (a witness, testimony, etc.)

6. to charge a public official formally with misconduct in office

7. to charge with a crime or misconduct specifically to charge (a public official) before a competent tribunal (as the U.S. Senate) with misconduct in office Note: Impeachment is the first step in removing an officer from office. The president, vice president, and other federal officers (as judges) may be impeached by the House of Representatives. (Members of Congress themselves are not removed by being impeached and tried, but rather are expelled by a two-thirds majority vote in the member's house.) The House draws up articles of impeachment that itemize the charges and their factual bases. The articles of impeachment, once approved by a simple majority of the House members, are then submitted to the Senate, thereby impeaching the officer. The Senate then holds a trial, at the conclusion of which each member votes for or against conviction on each article of impeachment. Two-thirds of the Senate members present must vote in favor of conviction. Once convicted, the officer can be removed from office. Although the Constitution specifies that an officer is to be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, impeachment can also occur for misconduct that is not necessarily criminal (as violation of the Constitution). Because impeachment is the first step taken to remove an officer from office, impeach is often used in general contexts to refer to the removal itself, but that is not its specific legal meaning. An officer generally cannot be impeached for acts done prior to taking office.

8. to cast doubt on: as

9. to attack the validity of (a judgment or verdict) because of judicial or juror misconduct

10. to challenge the credibility of (a witness) or the validity of (a witness's testimony)
a witness, including a criminal defendant who testifies in his own behalf, may be impeached on the ground of former conviction
— W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr. — see also impeachment evidence at evidence — compare rehabilitate Note: A witness may be impeached by character evidence or circumstantial evidence relating to the credibility of the witness, and especially on the grounds of prior convictions, prior inconsistent statements, contradiction by other evidence, and the witness's reputation for truth, prior acts of misconduct, and partiality.

片语

actionable可控告的；可提起诉讼的

suable可控告的；应控告的

英汉例句

• An equally extreme view obtaining considerable support was that the President should not be impeachable at all.

  一个获得相当朵支持的同样极端的看法是，总统完全不应该遭到弹劾。

• I personally think the President committed impeachable offences.

  我个人认为总统犯了这些过错，应该被指控。

相似词

chargeable应支付的；可以控诉的；可充电的；应课税的

相反词

absolve免除；赦免；宣告…无罪

acquit无罪释放；表现；脱卸义务和责任；清偿

clearad 清晰地；完全地

exculpate开脱；使无罪

exonerate使免罪

vindicate维护；证明…无辜；证明…正确