litigate
verb /ˈlɪtɪɡeɪt/
/ˈlɪtɪɡeɪt/
[intransitive, transitive] (law动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they litigate | /ˈlɪtɪɡeɪt/ /ˈlɪtɪɡeɪt/ |
he / she / it litigates | /ˈlɪtɪɡeɪts/ /ˈlɪtɪɡeɪts/ |
past simple litigated | /ˈlɪtɪɡeɪtɪd/ /ˈlɪtɪɡeɪtɪd/ |
past participle litigated | /ˈlɪtɪɡeɪtɪd/ /ˈlɪtɪɡeɪtɪd/ |
-ing form litigating | /ˈlɪtɪɡeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈlɪtɪɡeɪtɪŋ/ |
- litigate (something) to take a claim or disagreement to court
Topics Law and justicec2(就…)提起诉讼,打官司 Collocations DictionaryLitigate is used with these nouns as the object:- case
词源early 17th cent.: from Latin litigat- ‘disputed in a lawsuit’, from the verb litigare, from lis, lit- ‘lawsuit’.