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 sued them for restraint of trade and won.
  他控告他们实行贸易管制，并且胜诉了。
• 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。
• He sued for damage.
  他起诉要求损害赔偿。
• 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。
• 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。
• It sued Centrocorp for patent infringement.
  它诉Centrocorp公司侵犯专利权。
• These employees also falsely informed consumers that they were being sued in civil court.
  这些雇员还虚假地通知消费者，他们已被民事法院起诉了。
• 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。
• Watkins sued the Army and fought his case in various courts for 10 years
  沃特金斯将军队诉至法院，并在各级法庭打了10年的官司。