• 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.

新聞記者們宣稱這個男人是被謀殺的,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)