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外刊例句
- Over the next months he looked on wryly as the grand vision was slowly trashed and key figures were indicted.
之后几个月里，他苦笑着目睹宏伟蓝图慢慢被扔进垃圾筒，项目的关键人物纷纷被起诉。
——《经济学人》 - State and federal authorities decided against indicting HSBC in a money-laundering case over concerns that criminal charges could jeopardize one of the world’s largest banks and ultimately destabilize the global financial system.
美国州级和联邦政府决定，不就一宗洗钱案件对汇丰银行(HSBC)提起诉讼，因为它们担心，刑事指控可能对世界上最大的银行之一造成破坏，最终动摇全球金融系统。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[verb] formally accuse of or charge with a serious crime
[动词] 正式起诉或控告严重的犯罪
深入解读
indict由in-（进入，使）与-dict（说）组成，词源同 indicate、diction，后引申词义为“控告，起诉”。indict一词源自于中古英语inditen，早先写作indite，现在虽然拼写形式变了，但发音依然保留，要特别注意一下。它是一个法律用语，指正式起诉（尤其是比较严重的罪名）。用法上一般采用被动语态：be indicted for sth / on charges of sth。
影视例句
Are you trying to help us, or indict us?
你是想帮我们，还是想告我们？
出自2021年上映的美国科幻动作网络剧《猎鹰与冬兵》（The Falcon and the Winter Soldier）。
名人用例
Normally a grand jury will indict a ham sandwich if a prosecutor asks it to.
通常情况下，只要检察官提议，大陪审团也会起诉一份火腿三明治。
出自查克·罗伯（Chuck Robb，1939年6月26日 – ），美国政治家，美国海军陆战队前军官。他于1982年到1986年担任弗吉尼亚州第64任州长，1989年至2001年担任美国参议员。2004年，他担任伊拉克情报委员会的联合主席。
深度学习
indict (in DITE) This verb means “to accuse of wrongdoing” or “charge.” The noun “indictment” is used in the legal profession to mean “a formal charge of wrongdoing by the findings of a jury.”
- In Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain indicts the so-called civilized behavior of pre-Civil War society in the American South, pointing out its racism and hypocrisy.
- After her indictment on charges of embezzling thousands of dollars from The Wilson Widget Company, Agnes Smith, the company’s bookkeeper, was sentenced to ten years in prison.
——摘自《Fiske WordPower: The Most Effective System for Building a Vocabulary That Gets Results Fast》
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起诉（在DITE中）这个动词的意思是“指控不当行为”或“指控”。名词“起诉”在法律界用来表示“陪审团对不当行为的正式指控”
- 在《哈克贝里·费恩历险记》中，马克·吐温谴责了美国南部内战前社会的所谓文明行为，指出了其种族主义和虚伪
- 在被指控挪用威尔逊小工具公司数千美元后，该公司的簿记员艾格尼丝·史密斯被判处十年监禁
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常见短语
“indict” 通常用来表示起诉、控告或指责。以下是与这个词相关的 50 个短语，附带中文解释：
- indict a suspect – 起诉嫌疑人
- indict for murder – 控告谋杀罪
- indict for fraud – 控告欺诈罪
- indict on charges – 控告指控
- indict on multiple counts – 控告多项罪名
- indict for bribery – 控告受贿罪
- indict for embezzlement – 控告挪用罪
- indict for money laundering – 控告洗钱罪
- indict on criminal charges – 控告刑事指控
- indict for tax evasion – 控告逃税罪
- indict for drug trafficking – 控告贩毒罪
- indict for assault – 控告袭击罪
- indict for robbery – 控告抢劫罪
- indict for kidnapping – 控告绑架罪
- indict for arson – 控告纵火罪
- indict for perjury – 控告伪证罪
- indict for terrorism – 控告恐怖主义罪
- indict for cybercrime – 控告网络犯罪
- indict on corruption charges – 控告腐败指控
- indict for human trafficking – 控告人口贩运罪
- indict for espionage – 控告间谍罪
- indict for forgery – 控告伪造罪
- indict for money laundering – 控告洗钱罪
- indict for racketeering – 控告敲诈勒索罪
- indict on conspiracy charges – 控告密谋指控
- indict for blackmail – 控告敲诈勒索罪
- indict for corruption – 控告腐败罪
- indict for white-collar crime – 控告白领犯罪
- indict for organized crime – 控告有组织犯罪
- indict for assault and battery – 控告袭击和伤害罪
- indict for hate crime – 控告仇恨犯罪
- indict for cyber fraud – 控告网络诈骗罪
- indict for identity theft – 控告盗用身份罪
- indict for drug possession – 控告毒品持有罪
- indict for sexual harassment – 控告性骚扰罪
- indict for public corruption – 控告公共腐败罪
- indict for environmental crime – 控告环境犯罪
- indict for manslaughter – 控告过失杀人罪
- indict for money laundering – 控告洗钱罪
- indict for tax fraud – 控告税务欺诈罪
- indict for assault with a deadly weapon – 控告使用致命武器袭击罪
- indict for drug distribution – 控告毒品贩卖罪
- indict for wire fraud – 控告电信诈骗罪
- indict for public bribery – 控告行贿罪
- indict for insider trading – 控告内幕交易罪
- indict for cyber espionage – 控告网络间谍罪
- indict for terrorism financing – 控告恐怖主义融资罪
- indict for political corruption – 控告政治腐败罪
- indict for international crime – 控告国际犯罪
- indict for drug manufacturing – 控告毒品制造罪
同近义词
- sue: to make a claim against sb in court about sth that they have said or done to harm you
- charge: to accuse sb formally of a crime so that there can be a trial in court
- accuse: to say that sb has done sth wrong or is guilty of sth
