一、action 诉讼to bring an action/lawsuit against sb. 向某人提起诉讼,到法院告某人defendant 被告appellant 上诉人appellee 被上诉人cause of action 案由transaction 交易to join sb. as plaintiff/defendant 与某人共同起诉、把某人作为第三人被告合并起诉to make a complete determination of a controversy彻底解决争端to be liable 负有责任to rest on 依靠,依赖adversary 敌手,对手;敌对的adversary system 抗辩制advocate 用户,提倡;拥护者,辩护者produce 拿出,出示evidence 证据inquisitorial 纠问的civil law tradition 大陆法传统presentation 介绍,陈述intervene 干涉,介入safeguard 预防措施,保证条款