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Acquit Acquitted Crime Charges Acquitting Carry Verb 动词

英语单词 acquit
英美音标 英 [ə'kwɪt] 美 [ə'kwɪt]
中文释义 v.宣布无罪;开释;原谅;表现
英语例句 (1) He was acquitted of the crime.
(2) They tried to bribe the judge to acquit them.
(3) I acquit Edward of all essential misconduct.
(4) He acquitted himself like a hero.
中文例句 (1) 他被宣告无罪。
(2) 他们试图贿赂法官判他们无罪。
(3) 我原谅爱德华的所有根本过错。
(4) 他表现得像个英雄。
vocabulary简明 To acquit someone is to clear them of charges. Acquitting also has to do with how you carry or present yourself.
vocabulary扩展 If you're accused of a crime, then the best thing that can happen to you is being acquitted — that means you were cleared or exonerated of the charges. A defense lawyer wants to have his client acquitted. But watch out for another unrelated meaning: acquitting can mean how you behave, conduct, or carry yourself. If you acquit yourself like a champion, then you're acting like a champion.
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词]宣判…无罪 If someone is acquitted of a crime in a court of law, they are formally declared not to have committed the crime.
  [be V-ed of n]
  [usu passive]
  • Mr Ling was acquitted of disorderly behaviour by magistrates.

    地方法官宣判林先生扰乱治安罪名不成立。

2
[VERB 动词]表现;履行;完成 If you acquit yourself well or admirably in a particular situation, other people feel that you have behaved well or admirably.
  [V pron-refl adv]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • Most officers and men acquitted themselves well throughout the action.

    大多数军官及士兵在整个战斗中表现出色。

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