• vt. 宣稱，斷言；提出…作為理由

前綴al-同ad-，在字母l開頭的詞根前同化為l. 詞根leg, 送，派，見legate, 教宗使節(jié)。提交證據(jù)，指控。

allege

allege: [14] Allege is related to law, legal, legislation, legation, and litigation. Its original source was Vulgar Latin *exlitigāre, which meant ‘clear of charges in a lawsuit’ (from ex- ‘out of’ and litigāre ‘litigate’). This developed successively into Old French esligier and Anglo- Norman alegier, from where it was borrowed into English; there, its original meaning was ‘make a declaration before a legal tribunal’.

Early traces of the notion of making an assertion without proof can be detected within 50 years of the word’s introduction into English, but it took a couple of centuries to develop fully. The hard g of allegation suggests that though it is ultimately related to allege, it comes from a slightly different source: Latin allēgātiō, from allēgāre ‘a(chǎn)dduce’, a compound verb formed from ad- ‘to’ and lēgāre ‘charge’ (source of English legate and legation).
=> law, legal, legation, legislation, litigation

allege (v.)

c. 1300. It has the form of one French verb and the meaning of another. The form is Anglo-French aleger, Old French eslegier "to clear at law," from Latin ex- "out of" (see ex-) and litigare "bring suit" (see litigate); however eslegier meant "acquit, clear of charges in a lawsuit." It somehow acquired the meaning of French alléguer, from Latin allegare "send for, bring forth, name, produce in evidence," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + legare "to depute, send" (see legate). Related: Alleged; alleging.

1. Prosecutors in the trial allege the defendants plotted to overthrow the government.

檢方在審判中指稱被告密謀推翻政府。

來自柯林斯例句

2. To aver is to allege in a pleading.

立證是在辯護(hù)中引例證明.

來自辭典例句

3. The newspaper reporters allege that the man was murdered but they have given no proof.

新聞?dòng)浾邆冃Q這個(gè)男人是被謀殺的,但他們沒提出證據(jù).

來自辭典例句

4. He would again and again allege that he was wholly unfitted to new duties.

他一再指出,他完全不適合擔(dān)任新的職務(wù).

來自辭典例句

5. They allege he sent her hard - core pornographic movie clips via the Internet.

調(diào)查人員指稱,多伊爾通過互聯(lián)網(wǎng)向她發(fā)送了露骨色情電影片段.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)