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单词 sue
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Definition of sue in English:

sue

verbsues, suing, sued s(j)uːsu
  • 1with object Institute legal proceedings against (a person or institution), typically for redress.

    she is to sue the baby's father
    no object I sued for breach of contract
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Now I wish to sue for money, enough for him to live a decent life after I am gone.
    • In order to sue for whiplash, any claimant has to have been involved in a crash that wasn't their fault.
    • They've sued people for putting this copyrighted material out in the public domain of the internet.
    • Where the original landlord assigns his reversion, he loses his right to sue the original tenant.
    • As a contractor he adds, he isn't in a position to sue for unfair dismissal.
    • At the time, a wife was unable to sue her husband in tort, so the action was brought by the children.
    • In this area of the law, victims can choose whether they wish to sue the person who caused the action.
    • It is true that the subjects may sue for libel or invasion of privacy, and some have done so and won.
    • Scores of north west families struck down by a dangerous bug at a Spanish hotel are preparing to sue for thousands of pounds.
    • It could lead to the show being taken off air and the BBC could sue for millions of pounds of compensation.
    • That's all great, until one of them falls off the swing set and sues us.
    • All the charges have since been withdrawn and Mr. Richards is now suing the department for malicious prosecution.
    • No one suggests the jurors could be sued for negligence because they made a wrong decision.
    • This made it financially worthwhile to sue officers for torts they might have committed.
    • They are the result of negligence and for that we ought to have the right to sue for damages.
    • A married woman was sued on a bill of exchange and a cheque that she had signed at the request of her husband.
    • Another course of action is to sue for damages in the Small Claims Court.
    • One of our reviewers suggested that the patient had grounds to sue for negligence.
    • People have lost their jobs over derogatory remarks made in blogs, but can you be sued for libel or defamation?
    • In fact, if you dare to take her without my knowledge or consent I will sue you.
    Synonyms
    take legal action against, take to court, bring an action against, bring a suit against, proceed against
    charge, prosecute, prefer/bring charges against, bring to trial, summons, indict, arraign
    North American impeach
    informal have the law on, do
  • 2formal no object Appeal formally to a person for something.

    the rebels were forced to sue for peace
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It has to stop, and this is as good a time as any to sue for peace.
    • Whoever follows Fred into the hot seat would have no alternative but to sue for peace.
    • With the capital cut off, there may even be a pause in operations to allow the regime to sue for peace.
    • The civilians themselves would cause the Nazi hierarchy to sue for peace, so Harris believed.
    • Wars are declared by politicians, who are the same people who at some point sue for peace.
    • However, he is now suing for the right to stay under the Human Rights Act, recently made part of British law.
    • With Moscow in his grasp, Napoleon thought that Alexander would sue for peace.
    • By 1760, France was nearing bankruptcy and its sole option was to sue for peace.
    • The fear was that it could be interpreted in such a way as to allow poor countries to sue for special aid and trade provisions.
    • His forces were overrun by the German and Bulgarian armies, and on 7 May he was forced to sue for peace.
    • Federal recognition would allow the Lemhis to sue for their rights independently.
    • If Elizabeth could not afford to do this, then she could sue for peace on terms favourable to Spain.
    • The question now is whether we allow the dollar to be our ruler or keep on suing angrily for peace.
    • She was eventually forced to sue for peace but still refused to pay tribute to the Portuguese.
    • In South Dakota, Native American officials are suing for clarification of new election rules.
    • Today, at the initiative of the Saudis, the entire mainstream Arab world is yet again suing for peace in the Middle East.
    • Next would come invasion of Hawaii and then the Americans would sue for peace.
    • Haig believed that he could force the Germans to sue for peace by Christmas 1917.
    • She must now advise her boss that, after eight years of war with Labour rebels, it is time to sue for peace.
    • At around the same time news leaked that the leader of the rebels had desperately tried to sue for peace just before the war began.
    Synonyms
    appeal, petition, ask, beg, plead, entreat, implore, supplicate
    solicit, request, seek
    rare obtest, impetrate, obsecrate

Derivatives

  • suable

  • adjective ˈs(j)uːəb(ə)l
    • The question we are now to decide has been accurately stated, namely, is a State suable by individual citizens of another State?
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It held that the individual respondents had been sued only as Registrars, and that having under Alabama law effectively resigned their offices they were not suable in their official capacities; that the Board of Registrars was not a suable legal entity; and that the Civil Rights Act of 1957 did not authorize this action against the State. 171 F. Supp. 720.
      • Thus, many States of this Union who have an interest in Banks, are not suable even in their own Courts; yet they never exempt the corporation from being sued.
      • If you do something illegal on the network then you should be suable.
      • Mindful of the massive losses suffered by foreign - and, indeed, American - investors in the American banking system over the last 30 years, the regulators are unlikely to be kind to those who may not be ‘suable’.
  • suer

  • noun
    • If you are the suer then you can resign yourself to being looked upon as the ‘Bad Guy’, out to harm the company the Jobs built.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Some people say he is an opportunist and serial suer -- he has gone after Disney and Reuters.
      • I think the suers have threatened to appeal all the way to the Supreme Court.

Origin

Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French suer, based on Latin sequi 'follow'. Early senses were very similar to those of the verb follow.

Rhymes

accrue, adieu, ado, anew, Anjou, aperçu, askew, ballyhoo, bamboo, bedew, bestrew, billet-doux, blew, blue, boo, boohoo, brew, buckaroo, canoe, chew, clew, clou, clue, cock-a-doodle-doo, cockatoo, construe, coo, Corfu, coup, crew, Crewe, cru, cue, déjà vu, derring-do, dew, didgeridoo, do, drew, due, endue, ensue, eschew, feu, few, flew, flu, flue, foreknew, glue, gnu, goo, grew, halloo, hereto, hew, Hindu, hitherto, how-do-you-do, hue, Hugh, hullabaloo, imbrue, imbue, jackaroo, Jew, kangaroo, Karroo, Kathmandu, kazoo, Kiangsu, knew, Kru, K2, kung fu, Lahu, Lanzhou, Lao-tzu, lasso, lieu, loo, Lou, Manchu, mangetout, mew, misconstrue, miscue, moo, moue, mu, nardoo, new, non-U, nu, ooh, outdo, outflew, outgrew, peekaboo, Peru, pew, plew, Poitou, pooh, pooh-pooh, potoroo, pursue, queue, revue, roo, roux, rue, Selous, set-to, shampoo, shih-tzu, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skean dhu, skew, skidoo, slew, smew, snafu, sou, spew, sprue, stew, strew, subdue, switcheroo, taboo, tattoo, thereto, thew, threw, thro, through, thru, tickety-boo, Timbuktu, tiramisu, to, to-do, too, toodle-oo, true, true-blue, tu-whit tu-whoo, two, vendue, view, vindaloo, virtu, wahoo, wallaroo, Waterloo, well-to-do, whereto, whew, who, withdrew, woo, Wu, yew, you, zoo
 
 

Definition of sue in US English:

sue

verbso͞osu
  • 1with object Institute legal proceedings against (a person or institution), typically for redress.

    she is to sue the baby's father
    no object I sued for breach of contract
    Example sentencesExamples
    • That's all great, until one of them falls off the swing set and sues us.
    • In this area of the law, victims can choose whether they wish to sue the person who caused the action.
    • A married woman was sued on a bill of exchange and a cheque that she had signed at the request of her husband.
    • Where the original landlord assigns his reversion, he loses his right to sue the original tenant.
    • As a contractor he adds, he isn't in a position to sue for unfair dismissal.
    • This made it financially worthwhile to sue officers for torts they might have committed.
    • It could lead to the show being taken off air and the BBC could sue for millions of pounds of compensation.
    • In fact, if you dare to take her without my knowledge or consent I will sue you.
    • One of our reviewers suggested that the patient had grounds to sue for negligence.
    • In order to sue for whiplash, any claimant has to have been involved in a crash that wasn't their fault.
    • It is true that the subjects may sue for libel or invasion of privacy, and some have done so and won.
    • No one suggests the jurors could be sued for negligence because they made a wrong decision.
    • Now I wish to sue for money, enough for him to live a decent life after I am gone.
    • They've sued people for putting this copyrighted material out in the public domain of the internet.
    • Scores of north west families struck down by a dangerous bug at a Spanish hotel are preparing to sue for thousands of pounds.
    • They are the result of negligence and for that we ought to have the right to sue for damages.
    • At the time, a wife was unable to sue her husband in tort, so the action was brought by the children.
    • People have lost their jobs over derogatory remarks made in blogs, but can you be sued for libel or defamation?
    • All the charges have since been withdrawn and Mr. Richards is now suing the department for malicious prosecution.
    • Another course of action is to sue for damages in the Small Claims Court.
    Synonyms
    take legal action against, take to court, bring an action against, bring a suit against, proceed against
  • 2formal no object Appeal formally to a person for something.

    the rebels were forced to sue for peace
    Example sentencesExamples
    • With the capital cut off, there may even be a pause in operations to allow the regime to sue for peace.
    • In South Dakota, Native American officials are suing for clarification of new election rules.
    • The fear was that it could be interpreted in such a way as to allow poor countries to sue for special aid and trade provisions.
    • It has to stop, and this is as good a time as any to sue for peace.
    • At around the same time news leaked that the leader of the rebels had desperately tried to sue for peace just before the war began.
    • His forces were overrun by the German and Bulgarian armies, and on 7 May he was forced to sue for peace.
    • She must now advise her boss that, after eight years of war with Labour rebels, it is time to sue for peace.
    • Next would come invasion of Hawaii and then the Americans would sue for peace.
    • With Moscow in his grasp, Napoleon thought that Alexander would sue for peace.
    • Federal recognition would allow the Lemhis to sue for their rights independently.
    • By 1760, France was nearing bankruptcy and its sole option was to sue for peace.
    • However, he is now suing for the right to stay under the Human Rights Act, recently made part of British law.
    • Today, at the initiative of the Saudis, the entire mainstream Arab world is yet again suing for peace in the Middle East.
    • Whoever follows Fred into the hot seat would have no alternative but to sue for peace.
    • If Elizabeth could not afford to do this, then she could sue for peace on terms favourable to Spain.
    • Haig believed that he could force the Germans to sue for peace by Christmas 1917.
    • The question now is whether we allow the dollar to be our ruler or keep on suing angrily for peace.
    • The civilians themselves would cause the Nazi hierarchy to sue for peace, so Harris believed.
    • Wars are declared by politicians, who are the same people who at some point sue for peace.
    • She was eventually forced to sue for peace but still refused to pay tribute to the Portuguese.
    Synonyms
    appeal, petition, ask, beg, plead, entreat, implore, supplicate

Origin

Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French suer, based on Latin sequi ‘follow’. Early senses were very similar to those of the verb follow.

 
 
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