發音
英 [ə'ledʒ] 美 [ə'lɛdʒ]
釋義
vt.
•(獨斷地)宣稱,聲稱;(尤指無根據地)斷言;(證據不足或未經證實地)硬說:
•It has been alleged that Jack stole the money.
•有人聲稱錢是傑克偷的。
•(作為抗辯、申訴、理由、藉口、託辭、口實或論據等)提出;辯解:
•In her defense Halen alleged temporary insanity.
•在答辯中,海倫提出一時的精神錯亂為藉口。
•[古語]引用,引證(作品、作家等);引(例);(作為權威)引證(for或against)
短語
allege afflictedly 拿腔拿調
allege vt 宣稱
allege about 談及
例句
The court papers allege she may be a voyeur. 法庭檔案宣稱她可能是一個偷窺狂。
Police officers are now routinely arresting people in order to add their DNAsample to the national police database, an inquiry will allege tomorrow. 明天將有一份調查宣稱:警察官們如今例行抓人是為了採集他們的DNA樣本放入國家警用資料庫。
Invading Iraq was not the act of a war criminal or a buffoon, as his critics allege,but it was a controversial war that went badly wrong and made America, the victimof 9/11, look like an aggressor. 入侵伊拉克並非如批評者所宣稱的那樣是一個戰犯或丑角的行為,但它卻是一場充滿爭議的戰爭,而且不善的結局讓美國,這個9.11的受害者看上去倒像個侵略者。