subpoena

英 [səˈpiːnə]

美 [səˈpiːnə]

n.  (传唤证人出庭的)传票
v.  以传票传唤(证人出庭)

复数：subpoenas　过去分词：subpoenaed　过去式：subpoenaed　现在分词：subpoenaing　第三人称单数：subpoenas　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.36458 / COCA.10846

牛津词典

noun

• （传唤证人出庭的）传票
  a written order to attend court as a witness to give evidence

verb

• 以传票传唤（证人出庭）
  to order sb to attend court and give evidence as a witness
  1. The court subpoenaed her to appear as a witness.
     法庭传唤她出庭作证。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (传唤某人出庭作证的)传票
  Asubpoenais a legal document telling someone that they must attend a court of law and give evidence as a witness.
  1. He has been served with a subpoena to answer the charges in court.
     他接到传票要出庭应诉。
• VERB (以传票)传唤…出庭作证;要求当庭出示(证据)
  If someonesubpoenasa person, they give them a legal document telling them to attend a court of law and give evidence. If someonesubpoenasa piece of evidence, the evidence must be produced in a court of law.
  1. Select committees have the power to subpoena witnesses...
     特别委员会有权传唤证人出庭作证。
  2. The investigation will rely on existing powers to subpoena documents.
     该调查将凭借现有权力要求将各种相关文件呈堂。

英英释义

noun

• a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding
  Synonym:subpoena ad testificandum

verb

• serve or summon with a subpoena
  1. The witness and her records were subpoenaed

双语例句

• Harassment is illegal, whereas I have a subpoena.
  折磨是违法的，尽管我有传票。
• Investigators have also demanded information from west lb, although the bank said it had not received a subpoena.
  此外，调查人员已要求西德意志州银行（westlb）提供信息，但该银行称，并未接到传票。
• Most formal agency adjudications are preceded by a staff investigation, which is usually backed by the subpoena power.
  大多数正式的机关裁决在事前都先由工作人员进行调查，通常调查时有传票权作为后盾。
• Toyota has received a subpoena from a US federal grand jury over its handling of safety problems with its cars in a development that opens the door to criminal prosecution and hefty fines for the Japanese company.
  丰田（Toyota）收到了一个美国联邦大陪审团的传票，要求其解释对汽车安全问题的处理办法。这一进展是一个开端，表明这家日本公司可能面临刑事起诉和巨额罚款。
• I can subpoena the tapes.
  我能用传票索取录像带。
• The investigation will rely on existing powers to subpoena documents.
  该调查将凭借现有权力要求将各种相关文件呈堂。
• Paradoxically, the only time the court can deliver the subpoena is when all relevant evidences are prepared.
  颇具矛盾的是，仅当全部相关证据准备妥当时，法庭才能将传票递出。
• He has been served with a subpoena to answer the charges in court.
  他接到传票要出庭应诉。
• Then I'll get a subpoena and go around her.
  那么我就搞到传票并且与她周旋。
• If the court upholds the subpoena, it will issue an order enforcing it, and a violation of this order is punishable as contempt of court.
  如果法院确认传票的合法性，即发布命令执行该传票，而违反命令者将受到藐视法庭的处罚。