in·dict·ment
noun/ɪnˈdaɪtmənt/
/ɪnˈdaɪtmənt/
- [countable, usually singular] indictment (of/on somebody/something) a sign that a system, society, etc. is very bad or very wrong
（制度、社会等的）衰败迹象，腐败迹象 - The poverty in our cities is a damning indictment of modern society.
我们的城市中贫民的苦况是现代社会的一大败象。 - This research is a terrible indictment on the medical profession.
这项研究是对医学界的可怕控诉。
Extra Examples- Her speech was a scathing indictment of the government's record on crime.
她的演讲尖锐地抨击了政府在犯罪问题上的表现。 - This is a rather too sweeping indictment of the field of evolutionary psychology.
对进化心理学的这一批评过于以偏概全了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- devastating
- powerful
- damning
- …
- The poverty in our cities is a damning indictment of modern society.
- [countable] (especially North American English) an official statement accusing somebody of a crime
刑事起诉书；公诉书 - She was convicted on an indictment for conspiracy.
她被控合谋，罪名成立。 - The federal district court dismissed the indictment.
联邦地区法院驳回了起诉。 - The government announced a federal indictment against him.
政府宣布了对他的联邦指控。 - They issued an indictment against them.
他们起诉了他们。 - Two men were named in the indictment.
起诉书中提及两个人。 - War crimes indictments were handed down by a UN-backed court.
战争罪起诉书是由联合国支持的法院公布的。 - an indictment charging theft
盗窃罪起诉书 - There is sufficient evidence against him to support an indictment for murder.
有充足的证据支持对他的谋杀罪指控。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- criminal
- felony
- federal
- …
- bring
- file
- issue
- …
- accuse somebody of something
- allege something
- charge (somebody/something with something)
- …
- in a/the indictment
- on indictment
- indictment against
- …
- She was convicted on an indictment for conspiracy.
- [uncountable] (especially North American English) the act of officially accusing somebody of a crime
控告；起诉 - This led to his indictment on allegations of conspiracy.
这件事最终使他被控犯有共谋罪。 - He faces indictment for perjury.
他面临伪证罪指控。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- criminal
- felony
- federal
- …
- bring
- file
- issue
- …
- accuse somebody of something
- allege something
- charge (somebody/something with something)
- …
- in a/the indictment
- on indictment
- indictment against
- …
- This led to his indictment on allegations of conspiracy.
Word OriginMiddle English enditement, inditement, from Anglo-Norman French enditement, from enditer, based on Latin indicere ‘proclaim, appoint’, from in- ‘towards’ + dicere ‘pronounce, utter’.