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词汇 Jane Doe
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Definition of Jane Doe in English:

Jane Doe

noundʒeɪnˈdəʊˌdʒeɪn ˈdoʊ
North American Law
  • 1An anonymous female party, typically the plaintiff, in a legal action.

    〔美律〕简·多伊(尤指对诉讼中不知姓名的女性原告的称呼)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Education officials were not negligent in their duty to protect a former Jonathan Law High student from sexual exploitation by her basketball coach, a Superior Court judge has ruled. Judge Gerald Esposito dismissed the lawsuit brought by the young woman, identified in court documents only as "Jane Doe."
    • She said Jane Doe's lawyers asked Verizon to withhold her name because she was planning on challenging the subpoena.
    1. 1.1informal A hypothetical average woman.
      〈非正式〉假想的普通女性
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Sadly, there's no shortage of John and Jane Does here: 11 of the 66 people who died on the street in 2002 and 2003 did so without anyone even knowing their names.
      • We're all Mary Sue's to him, which is the equivalent to being a Jane Doe.
      • They also named a number of anonymous Jane Does - individual consumers who have been using Napster.
      • I would assert that the true stakeholders are the John and Jane Does of this great country and all people of good-will in the civilized world regardless of their level of development.
      • For a Jane Doe such as myself the sight of all this hardware with massive antenna extended and satellite dishes pointing to the heavens was staggering.

Origin

Mid 19th century: the female equivalent of John Doe.

Definition of Jane Doe in US English:

Jane Doe

nounˌjān ˈdōˌdʒeɪn ˈdoʊ
North American Law
  • 1An anonymous female party, typically the plaintiff, in a legal action.

    〔美律〕简·多伊(尤指对诉讼中不知姓名的女性原告的称呼)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Education officials were not negligent in their duty to protect a former Jonathan Law High student from sexual exploitation by her basketball coach, a Superior Court judge has ruled. Judge Gerald Esposito dismissed the lawsuit brought by the young woman, identified in court documents only as "Jane Doe."
    • She said Jane Doe's lawyers asked Verizon to withhold her name because she was planning on challenging the subpoena.
    1. 1.1informal A hypothetical average woman.
      〈非正式〉假想的普通女性
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They also named a number of anonymous Jane Does - individual consumers who have been using Napster.
      • Sadly, there's no shortage of John and Jane Does here: 11 of the 66 people who died on the street in 2002 and 2003 did so without anyone even knowing their names.
      • I would assert that the true stakeholders are the John and Jane Does of this great country and all people of good-will in the civilized world regardless of their level of development.
      • For a Jane Doe such as myself the sight of all this hardware with massive antenna extended and satellite dishes pointing to the heavens was staggering.
      • We're all Mary Sue's to him, which is the equivalent to being a Jane Doe.

Origin

Mid 19th century: the female equivalent of John Doe.

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