Acquit

GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v 宣告无罪, 脱卸义务和责任, 还清(债务)
• [英]v 宣告无罪(to declare sb. to be not guilty), 脱卸义务和责任(to free or clear sb. of blame, responsibility,etc), 还清(债务)(to pay off)
• [同]requite(v.报答，报应)；ubiquitous(adj.无处不在的)

Webster Collegiate

• Pronunciation: ə-'kwit
• Function: transitive verb
• Inflected Form: ac·quit·ted ; ac·quit·ting
• Etymology: Middle English aquiten, from Anglo-French aquiter, from a- (fr. Latin ad-) + quite free of ― more at QUIT
• Date: 13th century

• 1 a archaic : to pay off (as a claim or debt) b obsolete : REPAY, REQUITE
• 2 : to discharge completely (as from an obligation or accusation) <the court acquitted the prisoner>
• 3 : to conduct (oneself) usually satisfactorily especially under stress <the recruits acquitted themselves like veterans>
• synonyms see BEHAVE, EXCULPATE
• –ac·quit·ter noun

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