nolle prosequi

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˌnɒlɪ ˈpɹɒsɪkwaɪ/|/ˌnəʊlɪ ˈpɹɒsɪkwaɪ/    美 /ˌnoʊli ˈpɹoʊsɪkwaɪ/|/ˌnoʊli ˈpɹoʊsɪkwi/|/ˌnɑli ˈpɹɑsɪkwaɪ/|/ˌnɑli ˈpɹɑsɪkwi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A declaration from the attorney general ending a criminal prosecution. UK
  2. A proceeding or declaration by which a plaintiff or prosecutor ends a legal suit.
  3. A refusal, a denial, a rejection. figuratively
    — [...] where the ordinary man would have met the suggestion they had made with a firm nolle prosequi, I was barred from doing this by the code of the Woosters, which, as is pretty generally known, renders it impossible for me to let a pal down. [...] “I do wish you wouldn't always be so difficult, Bertie. Your aunt tells me it was just the same when you were a child. She'd want you to eat your cereal, and you would stick your ears back and be stubborn and non-co-operative, like Jonah's ass in the Bible.” I could not let this go uncorrected. It's pretty generally known that when at school I won a prize for Scripture Knowledge. “Balaam's ass. Jonah was the chap who had the whale. Jeeves!” “Sir?” “To settle a bet, wasn't it Balaam's ass that entered the nolle prosequi?” “Yes, sir.”
动词 v.
  1. To issue a nolle prosequi. informal,transitive

词形变化

nolle prosequis plural nolle prosequies plural noli prosequi alternative,obsolete nolo prosequi alternative,obsolete nolly prossy coy alternative,obsolete nolle prosequis present,singular,third-person nolle prosequing participle,present nolle prosequiing participle,present nolle prosequied participle,past nolle prosequied past noli prosequi alternative,obsolete nolo prosequi alternative,obsolete nolly prossy coy alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

相关词
prosecute

词源

词源 1
From Latin nolle prosequi (“to not want to pursue”). Cf. prosecute.
词源 2
From Latin nolle prosequi (“to not want to pursue”). Cf. prosecute.
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