alleger
基本解释
- vt.断言;宣称
词源解说
- 1300年进入英语,直接源自古法语的eslegier,意为法津上清白;最初源自拉丁语的allegare,意为请求,命名。
用法辨析
- allege的基本意思是指言之确凿,却未必可信。常含有借口的意思。
- allege用作及物动词时,其宾语可以是名词,也可以是that引导的从句,可用于被动结构。allege偶尔也可用作不及物动词。
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- So they allege, but do they have any proof?
他们这样说,但是他们有无证据呢? - He alleged his innocence at the police station.
他在警察局声称他是无辜的。 - The newspapers allege that the police shot the suspect without warning.
报纸声称警察未加警告就开枪打死了嫌疑犯。 - Nearly 500 public officials were alleged to be members of an illegal society.
据称大约有500名公务员是非法社团的成员。 - It's hard to find proof for his alleged innocence.
很难发现证据证明他是无辜的。
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词: S+~(+A)
用作及物动词: S+~+ n./pron.
S+~+that-clause
用作宾补动词: S+~+ n./pron. +to be n.
其他
词组短语
- allege illness 称病
- allege one 's innocence 声称是无辜的
- allege heatedly 激动地宣称
- allege insistently 坚持辩解
- allege irrelevantly 不相干地辩解
- allege pointlessly 无意义地辩解