acquit

英 [əˈkwɪt]

美 [əˈkwɪt]

v.  宣判…无罪; 表现好(或坏等)

过去分词：acquitted　过去式：acquitted　现在分词：acquitting　复数：acquits　第三人称单数：acquits　

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Collins.2 / BNC.9949 / COCA.9999

牛津词典

verb

• 宣判…无罪
  to decide and state officially in court that sb is not guilty of a crime
  1. The jury acquitted him of murder.
     陪审团裁决他谋杀罪不成立。
• 表现好（或坏等）
  to perform or behave well, badly, etc.
  1. He acquitted himself brilliantly in the exams.
     他在考试中表现出色。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 宣判…无罪
  If someoneis acquitted ofa crime in a court of law, they are formally declared not to have committed the crime.
  1. Mr Ling was acquitted of disorderly behaviour by magistrates.
     地方法官宣判林先生扰乱治安罪名不成立。
• VERB 表现；履行；完成
  If youacquit yourselfwell or admirably in a particular situation, other people feel that you have behaved well or admirably.
  1. Most officers and men acquitted themselves well throughout the action.
     大多数军官及士兵在整个战斗中表现出色。

英英释义

verb

• pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  1. The suspect was cleared of the murder charges
  Synonym:assoilcleardischargeexonerateexculpate
• behave in a certain manner
  1. She carried herself well
  2. he bore himself with dignity
  3. They conducted themselves well during these difficult times
  Synonym:behavebeardeportconductcomportcarry

双语例句

• It turned out they voted to acquit right away, then stayed in the jury room more than an hour longer just to make it look right.
  其实是，陪审团的成员们立刻就投了票，要将他无罪释放，但为了做做样子，只好在议事室里呆了一个多小时。
• To acquit you with the complete product lines we handle, we are attaching a catalog to this letter for your reference.
  为使你方熟悉我公司经营的全部产品，现随信寄出产品目录一份供参考。
• However, Zenger's attorney, Andrew Hamilton, convinced the jury to acquit Zenger on the grounds that what he had published was true.
  但是，曾格的律师，安德鲁·汉密尔顿（AndrewHamilton）说服陪审团定曾格无罪，理由是，曾格所发表的情况属实。
• Most officers and men acquitted themselves well throughout the action.
  大多数军官及士兵在整个战斗中表现出色。
• Acquit a person of a charge.
  宣告某人未曾犯被指控的罪。
• Now it is the test of agrarian reform that we have to pass, and I hope we shall acquit ourselves just as well as we did in the test of war.
  现在是要过土改一关，我希望我们大家都和过战争关一样也过得很好。
• If Pantheism means, as it often does, the doctrine which takes finite things in their finitude and in the complex of them to be God, we must acquit the system of Spinoza of the crime of Pantheism.
  如果按照通常的看法，泛神论是指认为有限事物本身或有限事物复合为上帝，那么我们就不能不说，斯宾诺莎的哲学逃脱了泛神论的攻击。
• I cannot acquit him of that duty; nor could I think well of the man who should omit an occasion of testifying his respect towards any body connected with the family.
  我认为这是他应尽的责任。再说，遇到施主家的亲友，凡是在应该表示尊敬的场合下，总得表示尊敬，否则是不象话的。
• We need to give them something they can use to acquit our guy.
  我们得给出当事人无罪的证据。
• This, madam, is a faithful narrative of every event in which we have been concerned together; and if you do not absolutely reject it as false, you will, I hope, acquit me henceforth of cruelty towards Mr. Wickham.
  小姐，我在这里已经把所有与我们有关的事，都老老实实地谈过了；如果你并不完全认为我撒谎，那么，我希望从今以后，你再也不要认为我对韦翰先生残酷无情。