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To incriminate someone is to make them look guilty of a crime — not necessarily to prove it in court, but to point that way with facts, words, or things left behind. A letter, a , or a careless sentence can incriminate you. People also incriminate themselves: they say too much and make their own situation worse. Though actually, it is a legal, word. At the dinner table, people say “that makes him look guilty” or “don’t say anything that will get you in trouble.” It does not mean the person has already been found guilty; it means the evidence leans that way.
入罪;使人顯得有罪
組成From Latin incrimino. By the pieces you can see: in- + criminate (tied to crime). First used in English in the 1700s.
同家族的字
- incriminatingthe -ing form, often used of evidence
- crimesame older root for “crime”
- criminala person who has committed a crime; same root
原始詞典資料2 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。
incriminateverb/ɪnˈkɹɪm.ɪ.neɪ̯t/
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To accuse or bring criminal charges against.
- The newspapers incriminated the innocent man unjustly.
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To indicate the guilt of.
- We have all sorts of evidence which incriminates you.
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。