lawsuit

名词 lawsuit:

1. a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
   同义词：suit, case, cause, causa

1. As we were poor we lost the lawsuit.
   由于我们穷，官司打输了。
2. Animals have these advantages over man: they have no theologians to instruct them, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.
   动物优于人类的几点有：没有神学家为它们说教，殡殓不费分文，更无一个对其遗嘱提出诉讼者。
3. The lawsuit was then pending.
   那件讼案因而尚未解决。
4. A party engaged in a lawsuit.
   诉讼当事人参与诉讼的一个团体

law.suit

n.（名词）
An action or a suit brought before a court, as to recover a right or redress a grievance.
诉讼：被诉诸法庭的诉讼或案例，如为恢复某种权力或赔偿而申诉