arraign
英 [əˈreɪn]
美 [əˈreɪn]
将“arraign”分解为“ar”(向前)+ “rain”(雨),可以想象成“向前像雨点一样落下的批评或指责”,这样的画面可以帮助记住这个单词的意思,即“正式指控或控告”。
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arraign 提讯来自法语。前缀ar-同ad-, 在字母r开头词根前同化成ar-. -raign同ration, 计算,定量。后指接受法律审判,审查。拼写受reign影响。
- arraign (v.)
- late 14c., araynen, "to call to account," from Old French araisnier "speak to, address; accuse (in a law court)," from Vulgar Latin *arrationare, from Latin adrationare, from ad- "to" (see ad-) + *rationare, from ratio "argumentation, reckoning, calculation" (see ratio). Sense of "to call up on a criminal charge" is c. 1400. The excrescent -g- is a 16c. overcorrection based on reign, etc. Related: Arraigned; arraigning.
- 1. He be arraign for high treason.
- 他被控叛国罪.