来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第16集 第16集》
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did not win a stated percentage of the jurors' votes,没有赢得规定的投票率 -
then he was required to pay a considerable fine.那么他将被要求付一笔可观的罚金 -
In public prosecutions he paid it to the state.在公诉中 罚金是上交给国家的 -
In private prosecutions he paid it to the defendant.在民事诉讼里 罚金则要交给被告 -
Surely, this must have served as a significant当然 这有效地遏制了 -
deterrent for frivolous, malevolent, and merely adventurous suits.轻率 恶意 以及草率的诉讼 -
Just think of how it would change our system试想一下如果我们有类似的机制 -
if we had something like that.我们的法律体系将出现怎样的变化 -
In a way,从某种意义上说 -
we do have some of it available in our system.我们的体系中确实也有相似之处 -
It is possible, for instance,这是存在的 例如 -
if somebody brings a suit against somebody else and fails,如果某人起诉别人 而后败诉了