英和和英

発音

• IPA^(key): /ʒəˈkjuːz/

名詞

j'accuse (複数形 j'accuses)

1. An accusation, especially one made publicly. [from 19th c.]

   Synonyms: indictment, tirade; see also Thesaurus:diatribe

   • 2009, Jack Balkin, The Guardian (online), 17 Mar 2009:

     It was a rare combination of circumstances that led Cramer to agree to sit still and listen to Stewart engage in his j'accuse.

   • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 369:

     Buried within Dudley's petition, then, was a veiled ‘j'accuse’.

   • 2020 June 3, Jeffrey Goldberg, “James Mattis Denounces President Trump”, in The Atlantic:

     In his j’accuse, Mattis excoriates the president for setting Americans against one another.