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She threatened to sue the magazine for libel.她威胁说要起诉该杂志诽谤。
She decided to sue for libel after the newspaper smeared her private life.这家报纸对她的私生活造谣诬蔑，她决定以诽谤罪起诉。
You'll have to spend a small fortune in legal fees if you decide to sue for compensation.如果你决定索赔，要支付一大笔法律费用。
He was so enraged at the article about him that he sued the newspaper.
He was sued for breach of contract.他因为违反合同而被起诉。

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sue | American Dictionary

sue
verb[ I/T ]
us/su/
to take legal action against a person or organization, esp. by making a legal claim for money because of some harm that the person or organization has caused you:
[ T ]She was hit by a city bus and is suing the city for $2 million.

sue | Business English

sue
verb[ I or T ]
 LAWuk /suː/us
to take legal action against a person or an organization, especially by asking in court for them to pay you money because of harm that they have caused you:
sue (sb/sth) for sthHe is suing for £2.5m in damages for unfair dismissal.
The mortgage companies were sued by investors.

Examples of sue

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Yet less than a quarter reported 'needed compensation' among their reasons for suing.
Once an agreement had been struck, employees should no longer sue their employers about work conditions.
This is not always so - some claimants sue for money because they need money.
Other occupational groups who were apparently more likely to sue than to be sued were yeomen, scribes and notaries, and apothecaries and barbers.
Wrongful life suits permit the child to sue for lifetime expenses.
Naturally, users object to this and there have been a number of instances of users suing the organizations responsible for such breaches of privacy.
The fact that she sued and the magistrate took up her case suggests that she could have won the case under other circumstances.
Finally, wrongful life suits permit children to sue their parents for callous or negligent creation, whereas, their counterparts focus only upon medical misfeasance.
Nowadays, by contrast, anyone who tried too assiduously to follow such advice might well find himself sued for breach of copyright.
By contrast a defendant has been sued and it is virtually costless for the defendant to plead a negative-expected-value defense.
The number of people who sue despite having negative-expected-value suits depends on their expectations as to how much defendant will offer.
However, it is possible that men's marital and occupational status did have an impact on their ability to sue in the university courts.
Let him sue; he won't have a chance.
It explains both why the plaintiff sues the defendant-rather than someone else-and why the defendant is liable to the plaintiff-rather than to someone else.
Litigation by creditors who sued men for their separated wives' debts often turned on whether the wife had bought unnecessary items.
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