sue
verb /suː/
/suː/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they sue | /suː/ /suː/ |
| he / she / it sues | /suːz/ /suːz/ |
| past simple sued | /suːd/ /suːd/ |
| past participle sued | /suːd/ /suːd/ |
| -ing form suing | /ˈsuːɪŋ/ /ˈsuːɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to make a claim against a person or an organization in court about something that they have said or done to harm you
控告；提起诉讼 - They threatened to sue if the work was not completed.
他们威胁说，如果不完成工作，就要提起诉讼。 - sue (somebody/something) for something to sue somebody for breach of contract
控告某人违反合同 - to sue somebody for $10 million (= in order to get money from somebody)
控告某人要求得到 1 000 万美元 - to sue somebody for damages
起诉某人要求赔偿损失 - He threatened to sue the company for negligence.
他威胁说要以过失罪起诉公司。 - sue somebody/something The water authority was successfully sued over his illness.
就他的疾病对供水部门提起诉讼获胜。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- successfully
- unsuccessfully
- promptly
- …
- be able to
- be entitled to
- have the right to
- …
- for
- over
- They threatened to sue if the work was not completed.
- [intransitive] sue for something (formal) to formally ask for something, especially in court
（尤指在法庭上）提出请求 - to sue for divorce
起诉要求离婚 - The rebels were forced to sue for peace.
反叛者被迫求和。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- successfully
- unsuccessfully
- promptly
- …
- be able to
- be entitled to
- have the right to
- …
- for
- over
- to sue for divorce
词源Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French suer, based on Latin sequi ‘follow’. Early senses were very similar to those of the verb follow.