indictable

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Subjecting one to an indictment. (of an act)
    — Do not then charge men as too strict or precise, when they endeavour to abstain from idle thoughts and idle words, that they dare not give themselves that licence which others take, for these are indictable as well as great sins;
  2. Able or deserving to be indicted. (of a person)
    — […] for Lords, Judges, and Justices of all sorts may, and too often do transgress the laws, as other men, and so of equals or Superiours, become subject to the justice of their associats in Commission […] being transfigured from Superiour Judges of the Law, to Inferiour Trespassers against it, Indictable by their Peers,

词形变化

more indictable comparative most indictable superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
indictability indictable offence indictably nonindictable unindictable

词源

Etymology tree
English indict
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English indictable
From indict + -able.
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