allege

• vt. 宣称，断言；提出…作为理由

前缀al-同ad-，在字母l开头的词根前同化为l. 词根leg, 送，派，见legate, 教宗使节。提交证据，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 ‘adduce’, 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.

检方在审判中指称被告密谋推翻政府。

来自柯林斯例句

2. To aver is to allege in a pleading.

立证是在辩护中引例证明.

来自辞典例句

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

新闻记者们宣称这个男人是被谋杀的,但他们没提出证据.

来自辞典例句

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

他一再指出,他完全不适合担任新的职务.

来自辞典例句

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

调查人员指称,多伊尔通过互联网向她发送了露骨色情电影片段.

来自互联网