defendant

Word family noun defence/defense defendant defender defensiveness defencelessnessDefenderismdefensativedefensibilitydefencemandefence mechanismdefenceadjective defenceless/defenseless defensible ≠ indefensible defensive defenceddefencelessdefendabledefendedverb defend adverb defensibly ≠ indefensibly defensively defencelessly

Related topics: Law

de·fen·dant /dɪˈfendənt/ noun [countableC]

SCTthe person in a court of law who has been accused of doing something illegal 被告 → plaintiff SYN American English prisoner

We find the defendant not guilty.

我们裁定被告无罪。

Examples from the Corpus

defendant• The legal system flounders in its own morass of indefensible defendants, incoherent witnesses, and injudicious jurists.• There are six defendants altogether, including the third defendant, and separate claims are made against three groups of defendants.• She appealed against the defendants being given bail for fear they would interfere with witnesses who could help police inquiries.• During the trial, several prosecution witnesses reportedly retracted incriminating statements they had earlier made against the defendants.• But here there was no mistake on the part of the defendant either of law or fact.• The police officer said the defendant had resisted arrest.• According to the defendant, the heroin was destined for the New York City area.• He has this right in relation to goods which the defendant owns at the time the sheriff receives the writ.• The defendant pleaded not guilty.• Each of the three defendants was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder.• There were defendants and their lawyers, defendants and their pals, defendants and their families.• The possibility that Clinton might grant pardons for convicted Whitewater defendants is a non-issue.

From Longman Business Dictionary

defendantde·fen·dant /dɪˈfendənt/ noun [countableC]LAW

the person or organization in a court of law that has been ACCUSED of doing something illegal

The defendant was convicted and sentenced to 7 years in state prison.

单词	defendant
释义	defendant Word family noun defence/defense defendant defender defensiveness defencelessnessDefenderismdefensativedefensibilitydefencemandefence mechanismdefenceadjective defenceless/defenseless defensible ≠ indefensible defensive defenceddefencelessdefendabledefendedverb defend adverb defensibly ≠ indefensibly defensively defencelessly Related topics: Law de·fen·dant /dɪˈfendənt/ noun [countableC] SCTthe person in a court of law who has been accused of doing something illegal 被告 → plaintiff SYN American English prisoner We find the defendant not guilty. 我们裁定被告无罪。 Examples from the Corpus defendant• The legal system flounders in its own morass of indefensible defendants, incoherent witnesses, and injudicious jurists.• There are six defendants altogether, including the third defendant, and separate claims are made against three groups of defendants.• She appealed against the defendants being given bail for fear they would interfere with witnesses who could help police inquiries.• During the trial, several prosecution witnesses reportedly retracted incriminating statements they had earlier made against the defendants.• But here there was no mistake on the part of the defendant either of law or fact.• The police officer said the defendant had resisted arrest.• According to the defendant, the heroin was destined for the New York City area.• He has this right in relation to goods which the defendant owns at the time the sheriff receives the writ.• The defendant pleaded not guilty.• Each of the three defendants was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder.• There were defendants and their lawyers, defendants and their pals, defendants and their families.• The possibility that Clinton might grant pardons for convicted Whitewater defendants is a non-issue. From Longman Business Dictionary defendantde·fen·dant /dɪˈfendənt/ noun [countableC]LAW the person or organization in a court of law that has been ACCUSED of doing something illegal The defendant was convicted and sentenced to 7 years in state prison.
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