| 词汇 | take/plead the Fifth |
| 释义 | take/plead the Fifth chiefly US : to refuse to answer questions in a court of law because your answers might be harmful to you or might show that you have committed a crime（在法庭上为免自证其罪而）拒绝回答 When called to testify, he took the Fifth.当被传做证时，他拒绝作危害自己的回答。 — often used figuratively常用作比喻 He took the Fifth [=he refused to answer] when his wife asked him where he'd spent the night.当妻子问他晚上是在哪儿过的，他拒不回答。 ◊ The phrase take/plead the Fifth refers to the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which says that citizens of the U.S. cannot be required to give testimony that could be used against them in a court of law.短语take/plead the Fifth指《美国宪法第五条修正案》，规定在法庭上公民不得被迫自证其罪。fifth |
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