prosecute

verb

/ˈprɒsɪkjuːt/

/ˈprɑːsɪkjuːt/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they prosecute	/ˈprɒsɪkjuːt/ /ˈprɑːsɪkjuːt/
he / she / it prosecutes	/ˈprɒsɪkjuːts/ /ˈprɑːsɪkjuːts/
past simple prosecuted	/ˈprɒsɪkjuːtɪd/ /ˈprɑːsɪkjuːtɪd/
past participle prosecuted	/ˈprɒsɪkjuːtɪd/ /ˈprɑːsɪkjuːtɪd/
-ing form prosecuting	/ˈprɒsɪkjuːtɪŋ/ /ˈprɑːsɪkjuːtɪŋ/

[transitive, intransitive] to officially charge somebody with a crime in court起诉；控告；检举
- The police decided not to prosecute.警方决定不予起诉。
- prosecute somebody/something Trespassers will be prosecuted (= a notice telling people to keep out of a particular area).闲人莫入，违者必究。
- prosecute somebody/something for (doing) something The company was prosecuted for breaching the Health and Safety Act.这家公司被控违反《卫生安全法》。
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- abide by something
- court
- crime
- justice
- law
- legal
- police
- prosecute
- punish
- trial
Topics Law and justicec1
[intransitive, transitive] prosecute (somebody) to be a lawyer in a court case for a person or an organization that is charging somebody with a crime担任控方律师
- the prosecuting counsel/lawyer/attorney原告律师
- James Spencer, prosecuting, claimed that the witness was lying.原告律师詹姆斯 · 斯潘塞称证人在撒谎。
[transitive] prosecute something (formal) to continue taking part in or doing something继续从事（或参与）
- They had overwhelming public support to prosecute the war.绝大多数民众支持他们继续这场战争。

词源late Middle English (in sense (3)): from Latin prosecut- ‘pursued, accompanied’, from the verb prosequi, from pro- ‘onward’ + sequi ‘follow’.