allege

IPA/əˈledʒ/
KK[əlˈɛdʒ]IPA/əˈledʒ/

allege — 動詞

  • allegepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • allegeshe / she / it
  • allegedpast simple
  • alleging-ing form

1. to publicly state, often in a legal or news context, that someone has acted wron

1.動詞及物C1
釋義

指稱；聲稱

未提證據前公開指控某人或某事

to publicly state, often in a legal or news context, that someone has acted wrongly or that a fact is true, while not yet showing the evidence to back this up.

例句

Prosecutors allege that Mr. Becker hid company funds in three offshore accounts.

檢察官指稱貝克先生把公司資金藏進三個境外帳戶。

allege + that-clause introducing the wrongdoing

The factory workers are alleged to have been paid less than the legal minimum wage.

據稱該工廠員工的薪水低於法定最低工資。

passive: be alleged to + perfect infinitive

常見搭配
  • allege wrongdoing
  • allege fraud
  • allege misconduct
  • allege abuse
  • be alleged to have
  • widely alleged
  • as alleged
同義詞
  • claim

    neutral and everyday; lacks the legal/journalistic flavour of allege

  • assert

    stresses confidence; doesn't imply the claim is unproved

  • accuse

    names the wrongdoer directly ('accuse someone of'); allege focuses on the act

  • contend

    formal, used in argument or court; emphasises a position being defended

反義詞
  • prove

    to back a claim with evidence — the opposite stage of an allegation

  • deny

    to reject the allegation

文法句型

allege + that-clause

be alleged to + bare infinitive

alleged + noun

用法筆記

Frequently passive in news writing: 'X is alleged to have done Y' lets the reporter pass on a claim without endorsing it. The object is almost always a clause or a wrongdoing-noun (fraud, abuse, misconduct), rarely an ordinary thing or person on its own.

常見錯誤

The witness alleged the suspect.
The witness alleged that the suspect had stolen the car.
allege needs a clause or an action-noun as its object, not just a person.
He alleged to steal the money.
He is alleged to have stolen the money.
the to-infinitive pattern only works in the passive: 'be alleged to + V'.
She alleged about the manager's behaviour.
She made allegations about the manager's behaviour.
allege does not take 'about'; use the noun 'allegation' for that frame.

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常用片語

  • be alleged to have done
  • as alleged
  • it is alleged that

介系詞搭配

  • against (allegations against someone)