- 1指稱；指控（尚未證實）。
To allege is to say that something is true, or that someone has done something wrong, without putting the proof on the table. Police allege that he stole the car; a report alleges safety problems. It is the verb of news and law: careful, a little cold, and it keeps a gap between 'said' and 'shown.' You allege that something happened; you do not usually 'allege someone' the way you accuse someone of a deed. Formal. Everyday speech prefers say, claim, or accuse. Though actually, English once had another allege meaning 'make lighter,' a twin of alleviate — almost gone now. The word you will meet is the 'claim without proof' one.
From the word’s history
Perhaps from Old French alleguer; sense from Latin allēgāre 'adduce, mention'.
可能源自古法文 alleguer，意思來自拉丁文 allēgāre「陳述」。
組成Two old streams later spelled the same. The meaning we use now comes from Latin allēgāre: ad ('to') + lēgō ('send') — you send a claim forward — through French. Another, older allege meant 'make lighter,' from Latin ad + levis ('light'), a doublet of alleviate. Middle English also tangled it with allay.
同家族的字
- allegationthe noun: the claim that has been alleged
- allegedlythe adverb from alleged + -ly
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
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allegeverb詞源 1/əˈlɛd͡ʒ/
- 1
obsoleteTo state under oath, to plead.
- 2
archaicTo cite or quote an author or his work for or against.
- 3
To adduce (something) as a reason, excuse, support etc.
- I will further alleage a storie[…]to make us palpably feele his naturall condition.
- 4
To make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof.
- The agency alleged that my credit history had problems.
allegeverb詞源 2/əˈlɛd͡ʒ/
- 1
obsoleteTo lighten, diminish.
- and suffir never your soveraynté to be alledged with your subjects,
- Hart that is inly hurt, is greatly eased / With hope of thing, that may allegge his smart[…].
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