ADJECTIVE | VERB + LITIGATION | LITIGATION + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤costly, expensive費用昂貴的訴訟▸➤endless, lengthy, protracted曠日持久的訴訟➤complex複雜訴訟▸➤potential, threatened潛在的/揚言要提起的訴訟▸➤pending懸而未決的訴訟➤ongoing進行中的訴訟▸➤subsequent隨之而來的訴訟▸➤civil, commercial, criminal民事/商業/刑事訴訟➤federal聯邦訴訟➤private私人訴訟➤class-action (NAmE) 集體訴訟◇the class-action litigation brought by the families of the victims由受害者家庭提起的集體訴訟➤liability, malpractice, tort (NAmE) 責任/瀆職/侵權訴訟◇the fear of medical malpractice litigation對醫療瀆職訴訟的擔憂➤employment, medical勞動/醫療訴訟VERB + LITIGATION➤bring, conduct, file, initiate, pursue提出訴訟;進行訴訟;提起訴訟◇the right to conduct litigation進行訴訟的權利◇The alleged victims have elected to pursue litigation.自稱受害的人們選擇提起訴訟。➤engage in參與訴訟➤become involved in, get involved in惹上官司➤be engaged in, be involved in忙着處理訴訟;官司纏身▸➤threaten揚言要提起訴訟➤end, settle結束/解決訴訟▸➤avoid避免訴訟◇The payment was made to avoid threatened litigation.為避免可能的訴訟而付了款。LITIGATION + NOUN➤costs, expenses訴訟費➤settlement (especially NAmE) 訴訟和解➤finance (NAmE) 訴訟經費PREPOSITION➤litigation against狀告⋯的訴訟◇He engaged in endless litigation against the media.他參與了狀告媒體的曠日持久的訴訟。➤litigation between⋯之間的訴訟◇litigation between private parties私人之間的訴訟➤litigation over關於⋯的訴訟◇litigation over water rights關於用水權利的訴訟PHRASES➤the conduct of litigation (especially BrE) 訴訟行為◇the defendant's conduct of the litigation被告方的訴訟行為➤the cost of litigation訴訟成本➤the risk of litigation, the threat of litigation訴訟的風險;以訴訟相威脅