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英语专四常见词辨析十三

2010-10-24来源:和谐英语

accuse, charge

这两个动词均有“指控、谴责”之意。

1)accuse :普通用词,正式或非正式场合,私人或法律上均可用。被指控的情节可轻可重。常与of连用。

eg: We accused him of taking bribes. (我们控告他受贿。)

2)charge :常与accuse换用,但charge多指较严重的错误或罪行,而且往往向法庭提出正式起诉。

eg: 1.They charged that the police had beaten three students to death. (他们指控警察将三名学生殴打致死。)

      2.That man was charged with plotting to use weapons of mass destruction in the United States.(那个人被指控试图在美国使用大规模杀伤性武器。)