prosecute a case
collocation提起诉讼
The district attorney decided to prosecute the case.
地区检察官决定提起诉讼。
起诉；控告
prosecutes — third person singular of prosecute
进行；从事；提起刑事诉讼；控告,审判；通过法律程序寻求获得；追求到底
to officially charge someone with a crime and try to prove their guilt in a court of law
提起刑事诉讼
To start criminal proceedings against.
控告,审判
To charge, try.
通过法律程序寻求获得
To seek to obtain by legal process.
追求到底
To pursue something to the end.
一般现在时
The state prosecutes criminals.
国家起诉罪犯。
一般过去时
They prosecuted him for fraud.
他们以欺诈罪起诉他。
现在进行时
The lawyer is prosecuting the case.
律师正在处理这个案件。
现在完成时
She has prosecuted many cases.
她起诉过许多案件。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
The police decided to prosecute the suspect for theft.
警方决定以盗窃罪起诉这名嫌疑人。
用法提示：这里prosecute是及物动词，表示“起诉、控告某人”。
She was prosecuted for fraud and had to appear in court.
她因欺诈被起诉，不得不出庭。
用法提示：这里用被动语态be prosecuted，表示“被控告”。
The company was prosecuted for polluting the river.
这家公司因污染河流而被起诉。
用法提示：这里prosecute用于被动语态，后接公司作为起诉对象，表示“控告”。
可互换，但sue多用于民事诉讼，prosecute用于刑事诉讼
charge强调正式指控，prosecute强调后续的诉讼过程
indict更正式，通常指大陪审团起诉，prosecute范围更广
litigate侧重诉讼行为本身，prosecute侧重追究刑事责任的诉讼
用于prosecute的第三个义项，表示继续进行，非法律意义上
提起诉讼
The district attorney decided to prosecute the case.
地区检察官决定提起诉讼。
起诉某人盗窃
They will prosecute him for theft.
他们将起诉他盗窃。
起诉犯罪行为
The police are gathering evidence to prosecute the crime.
警方正在收集证据以起诉犯罪行为。
提出索赔
The lawyer will prosecute the claim in court.
律师将在法庭上提出索赔。
在联邦法院起诉
They will prosecute the case in federal court.
他们将在联邦法院起诉此案。
积极起诉
The new policy aims to prosecute vigorously against fraud.
新政策旨在积极打击欺诈。
pro- + secut + -e
con- + secut + -ive
ex- + (s)ecut + -e
per- + secut + -e
在法庭上被起诉的一方，与起诉行为直接相关。
主持审判并作出裁决，起诉案件需要法官审理。
在刑事审判中决定事实问题，起诉后通常由陪审团裁定。
起诉后的法律程序，用于解决争议。
起诉时需要提供的证明材料，以支持指控。
提起诉讼
The district attorney decided to prosecute the case.
地方检察官决定提起诉讼。
发动战争
The government was determined to prosecute the war until victory.
政府决心将战争进行到胜利。
进行调查
The police will prosecute a thorough investigation into the matter.
警方将对此事进行彻底调查。
在刑事司法体系中，人民由两个独立且同等重要的群体代表：调查犯罪的警察和起诉罪犯的地区检察官。
The district attorney's office will prosecute the accused.
地方检察官办公室将起诉被告。
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