| 单词 | plaintiff |
| 释义 | plaintiff (once / 1441 pages) n In a courtroom, the plaintiff is the person or group who is accusing another person or group of some wrongdoing. If you’re the plaintiff, you are claiming that a law was broken, and you’re in court to present your case. The plaintiff accuses, the defendant tries to prove that accusation wrong. You’ve seen this relationship on television shows about lawyers, or maybe you’ve been to court yourself. The Old French root word translates as “complain” and the Latin root is literally “beating of the breast,” or explaining your grief in a dramatic way. Plaintiff shares roots with the adjective plaintive, which describes a sorrowful sound. The plaintiff made a plaintive cry when the defendant was declared not guilty. WORD FAMILYplaintiff: plaintiffs USAGE EXAMPLESThe salon changed hands a fourth time after the women filed their lawsuit in 2015 and the new people in charge fired the fourth plaintiff. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) Attorney David Lane, who represented the 14 plaintiffs, says the settlement was reached Thursday. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) "Plaintiff will suffer immediate and irreparable injury, loss, or damage" unless the infringements are stopped, according to the complaint filed in the U.S. Reuters(Dec 29, 2016) n a person who brings an action in a court of law Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper complainant defendant, suspect a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused petitioner, suer someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right litigant, litigator (law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation |
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