- 1（法律）起訴；提出公訴。在美國常指大陪審團正式起訴，還不是判有罪。日常較常說 charge（指控）。
To indict someone is to officially charge them with a serious crime, in the formal way a legal system demands. In the United States this often happens through a grand jury — a group of citizens who decide whether there is enough to accuse someone in writing. Being indicted does not mean the person has been found guilty; it means the state is now formally accusing them and a trial can follow. The word belongs to news and law, especially US (and some other) court procedure; ordinary talk more often says charge. Say in-DITE: the c is silent. English took the word from Old French, not straight from Latin; later writers put a c in the spelling to make it look more Latin, but they did not change how people said it. It is a of the rare verb indite (to write or compose), which you almost never need.
組成From Middle English enditen (“to accuse”), from Old French enditer, from Late Latin indictāre, from Latin in- + dicere (“to say”), or in- + dictāre. Doublet of indite. The silent c is a later spelling meant to look Latin.
同家族的字
- indictmentthe noun: the official written charge
- indictabledescribes an offence serious enough to be indicted
- inditea rare doublet meaning to write or compose, not to charge in court
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
indictverb/ɪnˈdaɪt/
- 1
To accuse of wrongdoing; charge.
- a book that indicts modern values
- Co-writer Jonathan Keasey has said the film will aim to indict “our nonstop, 24-7 media cycle that convicts and ruins the lives of so many people without any due process”.
- 2
lawTo make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.
- his former manager was indicted for fraud
- Having been indicted by the U.S. government for violating the anti-Serbian sanctions, Bobby blamed Jews and the N.Y. Times, "which is controlled by rich Jews."
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。