defendant

/di'fendәnt/

柯林斯星级

BNC频率: 1875

现代语料频率: 3356

大学英语六级雅思 GRE

中文翻译

n. 被告

[经] 被告方

英文解释

n. a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused

词态变化

复数形式:defendants

常见例句

a defendant in a criminal proceeding

the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint

in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere)

in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims n

n a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation n a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem n the speech act of replying to a question n the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint