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单词 prosecute
释义

prosecute

verb
 
/ˈprɒsɪkjuːt/
/ˈprɑːsɪkjuːt/
Verb Forms
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/
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  1.  
    [transitive, intransitive] to officially charge somebody with a crime in court
    • The police decided not to prosecute.
    • prosecute somebody/something Trespassers will be prosecuted (= a notice telling people to keep out of a particular area).
    • prosecute somebody/something for (doing) something The company was prosecuted for breaching the Health and Safety Act.
    Wordfinder
    • abide by something
    • court
    • crime
    • justice
    • law
    • legal
    • police
    • prosecute
    • punish
    • trial
    Topics Law and justicec1
  2.  
    [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
    • the prosecuting counsel/lawyer/attorney
    • James Spencer, prosecuting, claimed that the witness was lying.
  3. [transitive] prosecute something (formal) to continue taking part in or doing something
    • They had overwhelming public support to prosecute the war.
  4. Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (3)): from Latin prosecut- ‘pursued, accompanied’, from the verb prosequi, from pro- ‘onward’ + sequi ‘follow’.
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