◆警方控告他偷盜。
誤：The police accused him for theft [stealing].
正：The police accused him of theft [stealing].
析：表示控告、指控、指責某人做某事，通常要用 accused sb of (doing) sth 這樣的結構，注意不要將其中的介詞 of 改為for，又如：He was accused of breaking the law.( 他被指 控違法)。
◆他被指控為同犯。
誤：He was accused for an accomplice.
正：He was accused as an accomplice.
析：表示指控某人是...，英語用 accuse sb as...。
◆被告獲判無罪。
誤：The accuser was acquitted.
正：The accused was [were] acquitted.
析：accuser 指“控告者”，即“原告”；accused 指“被告”。the accused 可指一個或一些被告，因此用作主語時，其謂語 根據情況可用單數或復數。