accuse

1. V-T If you accuse someone of doing something wrong or dishonest, you say or tell them that you believe that they did it. 指責(zé)

My mom was really upset because he was accusing her of having an affair with another man. 我媽媽真的很難過(guò)，因爲(wèi)他指責(zé)她和另一個(gè)男人有曖昧關(guān)系。

2. V-T If you are accused of a crime, a witness or someone in authority states or claims that you did it, and you may be formally charged with it and put on trial. 指控

Her assistant was accused of theft and fraud by the police. 她的助手被警方指控媮竊和詐騙。

He faced a total of seven charges, all accusing him of lying in his testimony. 他麪臨共7項(xiàng)控告，都指控他作偽証。

3. →see also accused

4. PHRASE If someone stands accused of something, they have been accused of it. 被譴責(zé)

The candidate stands accused of breaking promises even before he's in office. 這位候選人甚至在他就職前就因違背諾言而被譴責(zé)。