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If a government official is impeached, a special government body formally charges them with a serious crime or a serious abuse of power. The person is not automatically out of the job: impeachment is the charge, like sending someone to a special trial.
If a government official is impeached如果一位政府官員被impeach（彈劾） a special government body formally charges them就是有個特別的政府機構正式對他提出指控 with a serious crime or a serious abuse of power指控他犯下重罪或嚴重濫權 The person is not automatically out of the job這個人不會因此自動丟掉職位 impeachment is the chargeimpeachment（彈劾）只是提出指控 like sending someone to a special trial就像把某人送去特別的審判一樣
In the United States this is the word you hear about presidents and judges; other countries have their own rules. It is a formal news-and-law word.
In the United States在美國 this is the word you hear about presidents and judges這個字常出現在總統和法官身上 other countries have their own rules其他國家則有自己的規定 It is a formal news-and-law word這是一個正式的新聞、法律用字
Though actually, among lawyers you can also impeach a witness or impeach someone’s honesty, meaning you try to show they should not be believed. That older “call into question” sense is still alive in court.
Though actually不過其實 among lawyers you can also impeach a witness or impeach someone's honesty在律師之間也可以impeach一個證人，或impeach某人的誠信 meaning you try to show they should not be believed意思是你想證明對方不可信 That older "call into question" sense那個比較古老、「提出質疑」的意思 is still alive in court在法庭上依然還在使用
And being impeached is not the same as being found guilty or removed.
And being impeached is not the same as而且being impeached（被彈劾）跟…不一樣 being found guilty or removed被判有罪或被免職
組成From Middle English empechen, from Anglo-Norman empecher / Old French empeechier (“to hinder”), from Latin impedicare (“to fetter”). Cognate with French empêcher (“to prevent”). The legal “bring a charge” sense grew from “hinder / accuse”.
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
impeachverb/ɪmˈpiːt͡ʃ/
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To hinder, impede, or prevent.
- These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land.
- I was afraid the same defluxion of Salt Rheum which fell from my Temples into my Throat in Oxford, and distilling upon the Uvula, impeached my Utterance a little to this Day
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To bring a legal proceeding against a public official.
- President Clinton was impeached by the House in November 1998, but since the Senate acquitted him, he was not removed from office.
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To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.
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lawTo demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。