词汇 | impeach |
词源 | impeach [LME] Impeach, ‘to accuse, call into question’, originally also had the sense ‘to hinder’ and came via Old French empe(s)cher ‘prevent’ from late Latin impedicare ‘catch, entangle’, which was formed from im-, here with a sense of ‘on’, and pedica ‘fetter’, which in turn was formed from the word for ‘foot’. |
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