His reputation was blemished by a newspaper article alleging he'd evaded his taxes.由于报上一篇文章声称他曾逃税,他的名誉受到损害.This our Peeress declined as unnecessary , alleging that her cousin Thornhill's recommendation would be...

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v.断言，宣称，辩解( allege的现在分词 )...