v.宣布无罪；开释；原谅；表现
He was acquitted of the crime. 他被宣告无罪。
They tried to bribe the judge to acquit them. 他们试图贿赂法官判他们无罪。
I acquit Edward of all essential misconduct. 我原谅爱德华的所有根本过错。
He acquitted himself like a hero. 他表现得像个英雄。
acquit的基本意思是“宣告…无罪”,是及物动词,以被宣告无罪的人作直接宾语,而被指控的罪名则由短语“of...”或“on...charge”“on the charge of...”表示。可用于被动结构。
acquit还可作“使自己履行”解,其宾语由反身代词充当。通常不用于被动结构。
