sue
verb- [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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- successfully
- unsuccessfully
- promptly
- …
- be able to
- be entitled to
- have the right to
- …
- for
- over
- [intransitive] sue for something (formal)
to formally ask for something, especially in court （尤指在法庭上）提出请求 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- successfully
- unsuccessfully
- promptly
- …
- be able to
- be entitled to
- have the right to
- …
- for
- over
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French suer, based on Latin sequi ‘follow’. Early senses were very similar to those of the verb follow.