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.
雙語例句
1. The plaintiff's sole witness, a gambler and layabout, was easily discredited.
原告唯一的證人嗜賭成性，游手好閑，其證詞一下子就被推翻了。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The burden of proof lay on the plaintiff to prove negligence.
證明對方犯有疏忽罪的舉證責任落在原告身上.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. The plaintiff is aged 30 and has a normal expectation of life.