- pursuant to something
according to or following something, especially a rule or law synonym in accordance with something依照,根据,按照(尤指规则或法律) A complaint was made pursuant to section 13 of the Act of 1987. 依据 1987 年法案的第 13 款提出了申诉。
Word Originlate Middle English poursuiant (as a noun in the sense ‘prosecutor’): from Old French, ‘pursuing’, from the verb poursuir; later influenced in spelling by pursue.