英文单字日进022 allege

allege /əˈlɛdʒ/

v.声称；断言

The businessman was alleged to have stolen funds from his company.

据说这位商人窃取了他公司的资金。

助记:

这个字常用被动语态，表示凭借未经证实的直接证据，便「据称；声称；陈述；假定」某事，在新闻事件或正式声明中常用到。常见句型为：It was alleged that...「据说……」。

同 declare v.宣称；断言

衍 alleged adj.据传的；遭指控的 allegedly adv.据说；据称；据闻 allegation n.断言；申述；主张

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Well, hello, Anna.We'll see about that. You know, when I first heard this story I said, you know, I really don't believe this. I can't believe that the most widely branded soft drink in all the world,their recipe had somehow been published in a newspaper in 1979,which is what this radio program alleged.

嗨，安娜。我们稍后就会看到真相。我刚听到这个消息的时候，心里想著，我实在不相信。我不相信世界上最有名的软性饮料配方，竟然会不知何故被刊登在一九七九年的报纸上，但这个电臺节目就是这么宣称的。

英英解析:

If you accuse someone of committing a crime but the proof of the wrongdoing isn't yet found, use the verb allege. You might allege that your sister broke a vase, just because no one else was home when you heard the crash.

If you ever watch news programs, you often hear the verb allege. A reporter might say that detectives allege that a certain person, who is now being held without bail, set a fire. This can be confusing: If the person is in jail, then he or she must have set that fire, right? In reality, the person is a suspect, awaiting trial. In the United States, people are assumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Definitions of allege

v. report or maintain

“He alleged that he was the victim of a crime”

synonyms: aver, say (vocabulary.com)