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To formally charge someone with a crime and try to prove in court that they are guilty — the government (through a prosecutor) prosecutes people, while the person on trial defends themselves. You might hear 'the case was never prosecuted,' meaning charges were never brought, even though something bad may have happened.
起訴、依法追訴
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
prosecuteverb/ˈpɹɒsɪkjuːt/
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lawTo start criminal proceedings against.
- to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot
- To acquit themſelves and proſecute their foes
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lawTo charge, try.
- The Vigilante is prosecuted in Federal Court under a lynch bill and winds up in a Federal Nut House specially designed for the containment of ghosts […]
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To seek to obtain by legal process.
- to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law
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To pursue something to the end.
- to prosecute a scheme, hope, or an investigation
- I am beloved of beauteous Hermia; / Why should not I, then, prosecute my right?
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。