sue

US [su]
UK [suː]
  • v.控告；提起诉讼；（尤指在法庭上）提出请求
  • n.Susan；【女名】女子名
  • Web苏；休；对…提出诉讼
Simple Present：sues  Present Participle：suing  Past Tense：sued  

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Sue
v.
1.
[t][i]
~ (sb) (for sth)
控告；提起诉讼to make a claim against sb in court about sth that they have said or done to harm you
to sue sb for breach of contract
控告某人违反合同
to sue sb for $10 million(= in order to get money from sb)
控告某人要求得到 1 000 万元
to sue sb for damages
起诉某人要求赔偿损失
They threatened to sue if the work was not completed.
他们威胁说，如果不完成工作，就要提起诉讼。
2.
[i]
~ for sth
（尤指在法庭上）提出请求to formally ask for sth, especially in court
to sue for divorce
起诉要求离婚
The rebels were forced to sue for peace.
反叛者被迫求和。

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1.
" Sue went back to the customer and asked, as if she'd forgotten, " What was it you wanted?
苏又回到客人那里，装作忘记的样子，问，“你要的是什么？”
sū yòu huí dào kè rén nà li , zhuāng zuò wàng jì de yàng zǐ , wèn , " nǐ yào de shì shén me ? "
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2.
Before that, he repeatedly approached higher authorities to appeal a legal case in which he tried to sue the company for unfair wages.
在此之前，他曾多次试图起诉这家公司“同工不同酬”等问题。
zài cǐ zhī qián , tā céng duō cì shì tú qǐ sù zhè jiā gōng sī " tóng gōng bù tóng chóu " děng wèn tí 。
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3.
The truth is life with Merlin (meerkat) is a bit prolonged, he might only be nine inches long but he's ruling the roost with Sue and Mathew.
有了梅林，生活变得费神多了，尽管它只有九寸长，但却占据了苏和马修生活的大部分。
yǒu liǎo méi lín , shēng huó biàn de fèi shén duō le , jǐn guǎn tā zhǐ yǒu jiǔ cùn cháng , dàn què zhàn jù le sū hé mǎ xiū shēng huó de dà bù fen 。
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4.
It was a sunny Sunday afternoon as Bob and Sue set out with their three teenage daughters on a lazy drive down to the beach.
一个阳光明媚的周六下午，鲍勃和苏带着三个女儿一起驱车前往海滩。
yī gè yáng guāng míng mèi de zhōu liù xià wǔ , bào bó hé sū dài zhe sān gè nǚ ér yì qǐ qū chē qián wǎng hǎi tān 。
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Dominic Ambrosino, an ex-prison officer, said he and his wife Ronnie Sue had their "entire life savings wiped out" by Madoff.
多米尼克·安布罗西诺，一个前狱警说，他和她妻子洛妮·苏“一生的积蓄”都被麦道夫“抹消掉”了。
duō mǐ ní kè · ān bù luó xī nuò , yī gè qián yù jǐng shuō , tā hé tā qī zi luò nī · sū " yì shēng de jī xù " dōu bèi mài dào fū " mǒ xiāo diào " le 。
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Sue wasn't trying to achieve difference in her life, she was just trying to achieve the face that matched her personality.
苏并没有想改变生活，她只是想让她的面部和她的个性相匹配。
sū bìng méi yǒu xiǎng gǎi biàn shēng huó , tā zhǐ shì xiǎng ràng tā de miàn bù hé tā de gè xìng xiāng pǐ pèi 。
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Ms Wu could not sue each retailer, but she also could not sell the clothes anywhere else as she had no other sales outlet.
吴女士没有办法起诉每一家零售商，同时由于没有其他销售渠道，库存的服饰也无处销售。
wú nǚ shì méi yǒu bàn fǎ qǐ sù měi yì jiā líng shòu shāng , tóng shí yóu yú méi yǒu qí tā xiāo shòu qú dào , kù cún de fú shì yě wú chù xiāo shòu 。
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8.
Oh, Pa, you know I'm no tattle-tale like Sue Ellen. But it does seem to me that after you broke your knee last year jumping that same fence.
爸爸，你知道，我才不像苏爱伦那样爱搬弄是非呢。但是我认为，从去年你跳篱笆摔伤膝盖之后……
bà ba , nǐ zhī dào , wǒ cái bù xiàng sū ài lún nà yàng ài bān nòng shì fēi ne 。 dàn shì wǒ rèn wéi , cóng qù nián nǐ tiào lí ba shuāi shāng xī gài zhī hòu … …
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9.
Did not have the facsimile machine not to be able to sue, what suit telephone was this?
没有传真机就投诉不了，这是什么投诉电话？
méi yǒu chuán zhēn jī jiù tóu sù bù liǎo , zhè shì shén me tóu sù diàn huà ?
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Robert knew that he, Lester, could sue and tie things up, and also that he would be very loath to do so.
罗伯脱知道他——雷斯脱——故意要把事情逼紧起来，其实心里是不愿意的。
luó bó tuō zhī dào tā — — léi sī tuō —— gù yì yào bǎ shì qíng bī jǐn qǐ lái , qí shí xīn li shì bù yuàn yì de 。
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