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发音：[ˌæləˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n]
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例句：
- When we use the word allegation in the legal system, it is a formal claim against someone.
- The police department is investigating allegations that the political candidate has accepted bribes.
- The special committee is reviewing allegations that research papers co-authored years ago by Marc Tessier-Lavigne, an internationally known neuroscientist who has led the university since 2016, might contain altered images.
- The company discontinued the commissions in 1992 after allegations came out that employees were defrauding customers, overcharging and billing for unneeded repairs.
- Three years earlier, sexual misconduct allegations against the casino magnate Steve Wynn prompted his departure from Wynn Resorts and led regulators in Nevada and Massachusetts to impose tens of millions of dollars in penalties.
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解释：
- Allegation这个单词为名词，其表示“a formal accusation against somebody”这一含义，即“断言/主张/声称/指控/主张”，与accusation/inducement/charge这些单词构成近义词。注意：这里单词表示的准确含义是指“to assert without proof or before proving”，即还没有证据或还未被证明之前的声称/主张等，因此，这里的assertion其内容可能为真也可能为假！
- 具体使用场景如下：
- That allegation of child maltreatment was unfounded, according to news media.（据新闻媒体报道，关于虐待儿童的指控是没有根据的。）
—News - Three days after Elon Musk purchased Twitter, the billionaire posted a tweet that advanced baseless allegations about the recent attack on the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.（在埃隆·马斯克收购Twitter三天后，这位亿万富翁发布了一条推文，对最近对众议院议长南希·佩洛西丈夫的袭击提出了毫无根据的指控。）
—News - The union says Apple intimidated workers and interfered with organization In the run up to the now-canceled election, Apple has faced allegations of union-busting.（工会表示，苹果恐吓工人并干扰组织 在现已取消的选举之前，苹果公司面临着破坏工会的指控。）
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