impeachment

英 [ɪmˈpiːtʃmənt]

美 [ɪmˈpiːtʃmənt]

n.  控告; 弹劾

复数：impeachments　

法律

BNC.26724 / COCA.7636

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 控告;弹劾
  Theimpeachmentof a senior official is the process of charging them with a crime which makes them unfit for office.
  1. There are grounds for impeachment.
     存在弹劾的理由。

英英释义

noun

• a formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office

双语例句

• 1998-Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings against US President Bill Clinton.
  1998年的今天，莱温斯基性丑闻案：美国众议院司法委员会开始了对美国总统比尔·克林顿的弹劾案听讼。
• The municipal and district government shall give awards to the person who is meritorious to the impeachment and accusation.
  对检举和控告的有功人员，市、区人民政府应当给予奖励。
• Threaten your ISP with an impeachment vote.
  以投票弹劾威胁你的网际网路供应商。
• The House of Representatives has the sole power to impeach the President and other officers, and the Senate the sole power to try impeachment.
  众议院是唯一有权弹劾总统和其他官员的，而参议院拥有审判弹劾案的独特权力。
• The public exposure of a president who was threatened with impeachment.
  公开揭发一位受到弹劾威胁的总统。
• When his boss asked if he was late for work, he admitted the soft impeachment.
  当他的老板问他是否迟到时，他承认他是迟到了。
• The impeachment process, he added,'is an internal issue for Pakistan.
  他说，弹劾程序是巴基斯坦的内部事务。
• The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury;
  一切罪案，除弹劾案外，应由陪审团审判；
• Richard Nixon resigned a step ahead of his certain impeachment in the Water-gate scandals.
  理查德·尼克松的引咎辞职，只不过在因水门事件而遭到弹劾的定局到来之前先走了一步。
• Impeachment is considered a drastic measure in the United States.
  在美国弹劾被认为是一个非常严厉的措施。