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a set of clothes made of the same cloth, including a jacket and trousers or a skirt 西服;西装;套装 He was wearing a grey business suit. 他穿着一套灰色西装。 He is dressed in a formal black suit. 他穿着一套正式的黑色西装。 They won't let you into the restaurant without a suit and tie. 不穿西服不打领带他们不会让你进饭店。 a two-/three-piece suit (= of two/three pieces of clothing) 一套两件/三件式西装 a pinstripe suit 一套细条纹西装
Extra ExamplesTopics Clothes and Fashiona2He wore his one good suit to the interview. 他穿着唯一一套好点儿的套装去面试。 Two men in suits came out of the hotel. 两名穿西装的男子走出了宾馆。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- designer
- elegant
- immaculate
- …
- coat
- jacket
- pants
- …
- in a suit
- a suit and tie
- a suit of armour/armor
- a suit of clothes
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a set of clothing worn for a particular activity (从事特定活动时穿的)成套服装 a diving suit 潜水服 a suit of armour 一套盔甲 His parents had bought him a new suit of clothes for the occasion. 他父母给他买了一套应景的新衣服。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- designer
- elegant
- immaculate
- …
- coat
- jacket
- pants
- …
- in a suit
- a suit and tie
- a suit of armour/armor
- a suit of clothes
- …
any of the four sets that form a pack of cards (扑克牌中)所有同花色的牌 Extra ExamplesTopics Games and toysc2All the cards have to be from the same suit. 所有的牌都必须是同样的花色。 The suit changed to diamonds. 花色变成了方块。 Which suit is trumps? 主牌是什么花色?
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a claim or complaint against somebody that a person or an organization can make in court 诉讼;起诉 to file/bring a suit against somebody 控告某人 a divorce suit 离婚诉讼
Extra ExamplesHis former business associate filed a suit against him claiming £5 million damages. 他以前的生意伙伴对他提起诉讼,索要500万英镑的损害赔偿金。 She plans to defend the suit vigorously. 她打算全力为这一诉讼辩护。 The company now faces several suits over its failure to protect its employees. 目前这家公司因未能保护员工安全而陷入多场官司。 The two companies have settled the suit. 两家公司已经了结了这场诉讼。 They have agreed to drop their suit against the Dutch company. 他们已经同意放弃对那家荷兰公司的诉讼。 a suit against her former husband 对前夫的诉讼 a suit over a disputed estate 一起关于地产纠纷的诉讼
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- civil
- class-action
- paternity
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- bring
- file
- be involved in
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- in a/the suit
- suit against
- suit over
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a person with an important job as a manager in a company or organization, especially one who is thought to work mainly with financial matters or to have a lot of influence (具影响力的)高级管理人员(尤指财务方面的) We can leave the detailed negotiations to the suits. 我们可以把细节的谈判交给公司经理。 He’s a ‘suit’, not a ‘creative’. 他是“西装”,不是“创意”。
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French siwte, from a feminine past participle of a Romance verb based on Latin sequi ‘follow’. Early senses included ‘attendance at a court’ and ‘legal process’; senses (1) to (3) derive from an earlier meaning ‘set of things to be used together’. The verb sense ‘make appropriate’ dates from the late 16th cent.
Idioms
be somebody’s strong suit
follow suit
(in card games )纸牌游戏 to play a card of the same suit that has just been played 跟牌(跟着别人出同花色的牌) to act or behave in the way that somebody else has just done 跟着某人做;仿效某人;照着做
in your birthday suit
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not wearing any clothes 光着身子;裸体