Sue
[s(j)uː] or [su]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857).
整理:罗拉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To follow up; to chase; to seek after; to endeavor to win; to woo.
(v. t.) To seek justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process in law against; to bring an action against; to prosecute judicially.
(v. t.) To proceed with, as an action, and follow it up to its proper termination; to gain by legal process.
(v. t.) To clean, as the beak; -- said of a hawk.
(v. t.) To leave high and dry on shore; as, to sue a ship.
(v. i.) To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
(v. i.) To prosecute; to make legal claim; to seek (for something) in law; as, to sue for damages.
(v. i.) To woo; to pay addresses as a lover.
(v. i.) To be left high and dry on the shore, as a ship.
迪莉娅編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Prosecute, bring an action against, commence a suit against.
v. n. [1]. Beg, petition, entreat, plead, supplicate, implore, pray.[2]. Bring an action, make legal claim.
手打:珀西瓦尔
解釋/意思:
v.t. to prosecute at law: to seek after to try to win.—v.i. to make legal claim: to make application: to entreat: to demand (with for).—Sued (naut.) to be left high and dry.—n. Sū′ing the act of bringing a legal suit: wooing.—Sue out to petition for and take out.
編輯:希娜
例句/造句/用法:
- Sue followed her into church, sat next to her, and as soon as she could find a chance in went the stocking-needle into my lady's arm. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Howe had the patience to wait, and in one way and another obtained the sinews of war to sue the infringers of his patents. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Her grand-daughter the Countess Olenska wishes to sue her husband for divorce. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- For with roses do I woo thee, Sue thee! 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Old Aunt Sue used to take car on us. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- But they carried her out into the air, 'tis said; but when they looked round for Sue she was gone. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- The emperor sued for pardon, and paid a great ransom. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Then you must pay it between you or you must both be sued for it and both suffer. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I have never yet sued a farmer for the price of a reaper, he stated in 1848, and he held to that policy as steadfastly as he could. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- For instance: A gentleman was sued by the executors of a tradesman, on a charge found against him in the deceased's books to the amount of ?30. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
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