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单词 complainant
释义
complainant
noun[C]
lawspecialized
uk
/kəmˈpleɪ.nənt/us
/kəmˈpleɪ.nənt/
apersonwho makes aformalcomplaintin alawcourt
原告，起诉人
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Complaining
  • be/go on atsomeoneidiom
  • bellyaching
  • bewail
  • brouhaha
  • bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark!idiom
  • complain
  • complaining
  • create/kick up/raise a stinkidiom
  • gnashing of teethidiom
  • grouch
  • lodge
  • mutter
  • nark
  • raise a rumpusidiom
  • rumpus
  • squawk
  • start on atsomeone
  • vituperation
  • whinging
  • whiny
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Taking legal action
(Definition ofcomplainantfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • And I suppose the complainant wrote to the Gas Company, and got no redress?
  • Counsel for the complainant jumped to his feet.
  • His name nowhere appears as complainant, witness, or actor in any shape.
  • The complainant came to me, and appealed to my recollection of the circumstance.
  • The massive lady turned and haughtily surveyed the complainant.

complainant| Business English

complainant
noun[C]
/kəmˈpleɪnənt/uk
us
(alsoplaintiff)
LAW
apersonwho makes aformalcomplaintin alawcourtthat they have beenharmedby someoneelse:
Theburdenofproofis on the complainant tobringforthanyevidencethey have.
(Definition ofcomplainantfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcomplainant

complainant
If we do not take complainants at face value, how are we to investigate their claims?
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He then appeared ascomplainantin the case against his former friend, and he obviously had a different version of the events.
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Elders encouraged such complainants to drop criminal charges and instead to open civil suits for the cattle outstanding.
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Finally, chapter 6 describes the mechanisms whereby the complainants, the judges, and the linguists tried to secure authority for their stances.
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In elopement cases, complainants similarly focused their testimony on two selected topics : bridewealth and parental authority in making marriages.
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By focusing on the "options" not chosen by the complainants, the woman faculty member succeeds in characterizing the women's behavior as lacking in resistance.
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Balancing conflicting interests is fundamental to police practice, and the interests of complainants have rarely figured prominently given the police's wideranging responsibilities.
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She had proved this false (by becoming pregnant by the accused) and she vehemently refused to return to thecomplainant.
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Both complainants testified that they felt confusion and shame when they individually reflected upon their experiences.
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This is not to say, however, that the complainants subscribe to this same interpretation of the events.
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The introduction of intellectual property into the governance regime for global trade immediately transformed the enforcement mechanisms available to complainants.
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The search for effective complaints systems is severely damaged by underrepresentation of complainants' interests in the reform process and by those responsible for procedures.
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According to the complainants, the basculero purposely set the scale to under-weigh their cane loads.
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