| 单词 | plaintiff |
| 释义 | plaintiff noun[C] lawspecializeduk/ˈpleɪn.tɪf/us/ˈpleɪn.t̬ɪf/someone who makes alegalcomplaintagainst someoneelseincourt 原告，起诉人Synonym complainantspecialized Compare defendantspecialized Taking legal action
plaintiff| American Dictionaryplaintiff noun[C] lawus/ˈpleɪn·tɪf/apersonwhoaccusessomeoneelsein alawcaseof having done somethingillegal plaintiff| Business Englishplaintiff noun[C] LAWuk/ˈpleɪntɪf/usapersonorcompanythat makes alegalcomplaintabout someoneelsein acourtoflaw: The plaintiffclaimeddamagesfor thefinanciallossessufferedthroughbreachofcopyright. Judges in threestateshavesidedwith the plaintiffs. Compare claimant complainant defendant Examplesofplaintiffplaintiff Theplaintiff(most probably at the suggestion of her attorney) changed strategy and decided to employ a procedural argument rather than substantive one. From theCambridge English Corpus I identify important possibilities, ignored in the formal models, which serve materially to reduce the profitably of the strategy to aplaintiff. From theCambridge English Corpus He asked the plaintiffs to sit aside to discuss this ruling. From theCambridge English Corpus There, as we saw, the plaintiff's right to remedy in some sense derived from the right in whose violation the defendant's breach of duty consisted. From theCambridge English Corpus Litigation was indeed very costly for both plaintiffs and defendants, and the above expenses were only the tip of the iceberg. From theCambridge English Corpus The restitutionar y claim is made out if some of the plaintiff's loss corresponds to some of the defendant's gain. From theCambridge English Corpus Let us assume that both parties agree that the plaintiff's rule is the fair rule. From theCambridge English Corpus The important point is that the defendant's duty to theplaintiffpersists after its breach. From theCambridge English Corpus We do not insist that the plaintiff's loss must be the measure of the damages. From theCambridge English Corpus Relatedly, the economic model cannot explain why the defendant's liability is equivalent to the plaintiff's loss. From theCambridge English Corpus If plaintiffs lived in remote villages, they had to make overnight trips to the yamen courts in designated cities. From theCambridge English Corpus What settlement does is to make the one-in-thirteen ex ante chance of prevailing the determining factor for all plaintiffs. From theCambridge English Corpus Our tort law's system of imposing liability on defendants if they have tortiously injured plaintiffs is essentially a system of corrective justice. From theCambridge English Corpus The plaintiffs knew what the statutes required of school systems but had a different idea about what the law required. From theCambridge English Corpus Theplaintiffknew all about this car when he got into it. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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