prosecutor
发音
How to pronounce prosecutor in British English:
英 [ˈprɒsɪkju:tə(r)]
How to pronounce prosecutor in American English:
美 [ˈprɑsɪkjutə(r)]
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- Noun:
- a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
单词词源
- prosecutor (n.)
- 1590s, from Medieval Latin prosecutor, agent noun from prosequi (see prosecute). Specific legal sense of "one who brings a case in a court of law" is from 1620s; earlier such a person was a promoter (late 15c.). Related: Prosecutorial.