| 词组 | acquit |
| 释义 | acquit When acquit means "to discharge completely," it is often used in the construction acquit (a person) of (something charged): • ... was acquitted of robbery on an alibi —Time, 30 Oct. 1950 • ... cannot therefore be acquitted of being out of touch in some respects —Times Literary Supp., 23 Apr. 1971 • ... neither pamphlet nor book could acquit him of indecency —Henry Seidel Canby, Walt Whitman, 1943 For may substitute for of 'in this construction but is rare: • In the end, Mary Todd Lincoln stands acquitted for any evil intent —Gerald W. Johnson, New Republic, 23 Feb. 1953 From was formerly in use, but is no longer: • If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity —Job 10:14 (AV), 1611 When the person is not present in the sentence, other constructions may be found: • The military "jury" ... voted 3-1 to acquit on the charges of failure to report for duty and resisting arrest —Steve Wise, Great Speckled Bird, 24 Jan. 1972 |
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