ac·cuse
verb/əˈkjuːz/
/əˈkjuːz/
Word Family
- accuse verb
- accusation noun
- accusing adjective
- accusatory adjective
- accused noun
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they accuse | /əˈkjuːz/ /əˈkjuːz/ |
| he / she / it accuses | /əˈkjuːzɪz/ /əˈkjuːzɪz/ |
| past simple accused | /əˈkjuːzd/ /əˈkjuːzd/ |
| past participle accused | /əˈkjuːzd/ /əˈkjuːzd/ |
| -ing form accusing | /əˈkjuːzɪŋ/ /əˈkjuːzɪŋ/ |
- to say that somebody has done something wrong or is guilty of something
控告；控诉；谴责 - accuse somebody of something to accuse somebody of murder/a crime
控告某人谋杀／犯罪 - accuse somebody of doing something She accused him of lying.
她指责他说谎。 - be accused of something The government was accused of incompetence.
政府被指责无能。 - to be falsely/wrongly/unjustly accused of something
受到虚假的／错误的／不公平的指控 - (formal) They stand accused of crimes against humanity.
他们被控危害人类罪。
Wordfinder- accuse
- appeal
- counsel
- defendant
- evidence
- justice
- offence
- plea
- prosecution
- trial
Extra Examples- His critics accused his work of lacking in realism.
他的批评者指责他的作品缺乏现实主义。 - No one could ever accuse this government of not caring about the poor.
没有人会指责该政府不关心穷人。 - She practically accused me of starting the fire!
她等于说是指责我纵火！ - They openly accused her of dishonesty.
他们公开指控她不诚实。 - You can't accuse me of being selfish.
你不能说我自私。 - A man accused of murder has been remanded in custody for a month by magistrates.
一名被指控谋杀的男子已被治安法官还押一个月。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- falsely
- unjustly
- wrongfully
- …
- cannot
- of
- stand accused of
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French acuser, from Latin accusare ‘call to account’, from ad- ‘towards’ + causa ‘reason, motive, lawsuit’. - accuse somebody of something to accuse somebody of murder/a crime