verb🔗Share阻碍，妨碍。 To hinder, impede, or prevent."The fallen tree branch impeached our progress on the hiking trail. "倒下的树枝阻碍了我们在徒步旅行中的前进。lawgovernmentpoliticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share弹劾，控告，指控。 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."克林顿总统于1999年11月受到众议院的弹劾，但由于参议院宣告他无罪，他最终没有被免职。politicsgovernmentlawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share弹劾，指控。 To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question."The politician was impeached for accepting illegal campaign donations. "那位政客因为接受非法竞选捐款而被弹劾，这损害了他的声誉。politicsgovernmentlawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share弹劾，指控。 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. "律师向陪审团出示证据，证明证人在法庭上关于看到一辆红色汽车的证词，与她之前宣誓作证（取证）时说汽车是蓝色的说法相矛盾，从而质疑了该证人的可信度。lawpoliticsgovernmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
