allegation是什么意思？

allegation

英[ˌæləˈgeɪʃn] 美[ˌælɪˈɡeʃən]

• n. 陈述，主张，宣称，陈词，陈述，指控；

复数：allegations;

例句

• If they disputed his allegation, Paul would rip into them with every foul word you could imagine. 如果他们对他的陈述提出质疑，保罗会用你能想象得到的各种肮脏词汇攻击他们。
• That allegation is a flat-out lie. 那项指控是彻头彻尾的谎言。
• That allegation is a flat-out lie... 那项指控是彻头彻尾的谎言。
• The allegation has caused one lecturer's career to bite the dust. 这项指控断送了一名讲师的前程。
• ...an allegation of contributory negligence. 共同过失的指控

英语六级真题

This allegation has led to Google becoming mired in (陷入) a legal battle whose scope and complexity makes the Jarndyce and Jarndyce case in Charles Dickens' Bleak House look straightforward.
出自-2011年12月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  指控;指责
  An allegation is a statement saying that someone has done something wrong.
  例句
  The company has denied the allegations... 公司否认了这些指控。 Allegations of brutality and theft have been levelled at the army. 有人指责军队中存在着野蛮暴行和盗窃行为。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  陈述, 宣称, 辩解;陈词
  I thought their allegations but reasonable. 我认为他们的断言毫无道理。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law);
  "an allegation of malpractice"
  2. statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove