plaintiff

• n. 原告

来自plaint,起诉，诉讼，-iff,形容词后缀，对应-ive.后词性由形容词变为名词，引申词义原告，起诉人。

plaintiff

plaintiff: see plague

plaintiff (n.)

c. 1400, from Anglo-French pleintif (late 13c.), noun use of Old French plaintif "complaining; wretched, miserable," from plainte (see plaint). Identical with plaintive at first; the form that receded into legal usage retained the older -iff spelling.

1. The plaintiff's sole witness, a gambler and layabout, was easily discredited.

原告唯一的证人嗜赌成性，游手好闲，其证词一下子就被推翻了。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The burden of proof lay on the plaintiff to prove negligence.

证明对方犯有疏忽罪的举证责任落在原告身上.

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3. The plaintiff is aged 30 and has a normal expectation of life.

原告30岁,预期有正常的寿命.

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4. The jury found against the plaintiff.

陪审团作出不利于原告的判决.

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5. The judge ruled against the plaintiff.

法官作出不利于原告的裁决.

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