sued

英 [suːd]

美 [suːd]

v.  控告; 提起诉讼; (尤指在法庭上)提出请求
sue的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB (通常为索赔而)控告，对…提起诉讼
  If yousuesomeone, you start a legal case against them, usually in order to claim money from them because they have harmed you in some way.
  1. Mr Warren sued him for libel over the remarks...
     沃伦先生控告他散布诽谤性言论。
  2. The company could be sued for damages...
     该公司可能会被起诉，要求其赔偿损失。
  3. One former patient has already indicated his intention to sue.
     一位以前的病人已经表示要提起诉讼。

双语例句

• One of her employees sued her for wrongful dismissal.
  有一名雇员起诉她非法解聘。
• The company could be sued for damages
  该公司可能会被起诉，要求其赔偿损失。
• He has sued a fan for bootlegging his concerts
  他已经起诉一个歌迷非法录制他音乐会的节目。
• He cannot accuse me of libel because he was just successfully sued for libel.
  举例：他不能控告我诽谤，因为他刚刚因为诽谤而被起诉成功。
• That March, Apple sued HTC in Delaware for allegedly infringing slide-to-unlock and other features.
  是年3月，苹果公司在美国特拉华州对宏达电公司提起诉讼，指控宏达电侵犯了苹果滑动解锁和其他一些功能的专利权。
• He sued Ally last week, claiming the company's employees signed and filed false documents to mislead courts.
  他上星期控告联盟，声称公司的雇员签署并且存档伪造的文件误导了法院。
• Lawyers say students could be sued for defamation, even if a teacher was not named.
  律师表示，就算没有写出老师的名字，（在网路日志中）污蔑老师的学生也可能被控诽谤。
• I sued Drexel University in a civil lawsuit and the case has now gone into private, binding arbitration.
  我对德雷塞尔大学提起了民事诉讼，此案现在已进入有约束力的私下仲裁程序。
• Kato and two other activists sued the newspaper for damages and won.
  卡托和另外两名活动人士起诉了这家报社，要求得到赔偿，他们赢得了那场官司。
• We sued and lost the legal action but won the war.
  我们提起诉讼，输掉了官司但赢得了竞争。