verb🔗Share妨げる, 阻止するTo hinder, impede, or prevent."The fallen tree branch impeached our progress on the hiking trail. "倒れた木の枝が、ハイキングコースでの私たちの進歩を妨げました。lawgovernmentpoliticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share弾劾するTo bring a legal proceeding against a public official."President Clinton was impeached by the House in November 1999, but since the Senate acquitted him, he was not removed from office."クリントン大統領は1999年11月に下院から弾劾されたが、上院が無罪としたため、罷免されなかった。politicsgovernmentlawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share弾劾する, 告発するTo charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question."The politician was impeached for accepting illegal campaign donations. "その政治家は、違法な選挙資金を受け取ったとして弾劾された。politicsgovernmentlawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share弾劾する、矛盾を指摘するTo demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition."The lawyer impeached the witness by showing the jury that her statement in court about seeing a red car contradicted her earlier deposition where she said the car was blue. "弁護士は、赤い車を見たという法廷での証言が、以前の証言で車が青いと言っていたことと矛盾していることを陪審員に示し、証人を弾劾した。lawpoliticsgovernmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
