一、主要用法
1. 控告，指控：The police accused him of theft [stealing]. 警方控告他偷盜。
2. 指責(zé)，責(zé)備：He accused her of cheating. 他指責(zé)她作弊。
派生詞：accusation n.[C]控告，指控 / accusing a.指責(zé)的，責(zé)備的
二、語法特點(diǎn)
1. 表示因某事而控告、指控、指責(zé)某人，通常用accuse sb of (doing) sth，其中的介詞of doing sth不能改為for doing sth，也不能換成to do sth。
2. 其后不能接that從句或動(dòng)名詞作賓語，如不能將“他們控告他受賄”譯作 They accused (him) that he took bribes. / They accused his taking bribes. 可改作They accused him of taking bribes.
3. 若表示“指控某人為…”，則用介詞as：They accused him as an accomplice. 他們指控他為從犯。
4. the accused指“被告”，可指一人或多人，用作主語時(shí)，謂語視具體情況使用單數(shù)或復(fù)數(shù)：The accused was a girl. 被告是個(gè)女孩。/ Two of the accused were sentenced to imprisonment. 有兩個(gè)被告被判監(jiān)禁。