vt.起诉；告发；从事；彻底进行

vi.起诉；担任检察官

He was prosecuted for exceeding the speed limit. 他被告发超速行驶。

He vowed that he would prosecute them for fraud. 他郑重宣布将起诉他们犯有欺诈罪。

We should never prosecute the innocent. 我们决不应控告无辜的人。

They had overwhelming public support to prosecute the war. 绝大多数民众支持他们继续进行这场战争。

He did not want to prosecute his research in that field. 他不想继续进行那个领域的研究了。

The police decided not to prosecute. 警方决定不予起诉。

prosecute的基本意思是指对某人由于做错事或违反了法律而提起诉讼。引申可作“执行”“履行”解。

prosecute可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,可接名词或代词作宾语。可用于被动结构。

prosecute可接介词for表示“因…而起诉”。