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

• He successfully sued his employers.
  他起诉他的雇主取得了成功。
• Warren sued him for libel over the remarks
  沃伦就此言论起诉他诽谤。
• 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 sued for damage.
  他起诉要求损害赔偿。
• 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。
• It sued Centrocorp for patent infringement.
  它诉Centrocorp公司侵犯专利权。
• 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。
• This protects the members of the group from being sued by other members for patent infringement.
  这可以保护团队成员不被其他成员因专利侵权而控告。
• He sued you for alimony?
  他为了赡养费起诉你？
• 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。