prosecute
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they prosecute | |
| he / she / it prosecutes | |
| past simple prosecuted | |
| past participle prosecuted | |
| -ing form prosecuting |
- [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》。
- [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）
Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (3)): from Latin prosecut- ‘pursued, accompanied’, from the verb prosequi, from pro- ‘onward’ + sequi ‘follow’.