sue

英 [s(j)u?] 美[su]

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第三人稱單數:?sues;過去式:?sued;過去分詞:?sued;現在分詞:?suing;

1. sequ- => sue.
2. 也就是跟做了你不放、揪著你不放，跟你沒完，持續糾纏你，反正就是不放過你，由此引申為“起訴、控告”。
3. 諧音“訴”。

sue 控告，起訴

來自古法語 suir,追蹤，跟隨，起訴，來自通俗拉丁語*sequere,跟隨，來自拉丁語 sequi,跟隨，詞源同 suit,sequence,pursue.后詞義限定為控告，起訴。

sue: sue: [13] Sue, like its close relative pursue, originally meant ‘follow’ (‘My wickednesses ever follow me, as men may see the shadow a body sue’, Thomas Hoccleve, Complaint 1421). It comes via Anglo-Norman suer from Vulgar Latin *sequere ‘follow’, an alteration of Latin sequī ‘follow’ (source also of English consecutive, ensue [14], persecute, pursue, sequence, sect, set, suit, etc). Its legal use, which emerged in the 14th century, is based on the notion of ‘following’ up a matter in court (a similar inspiration underlies the related prosecute).
=> consecutive, ensue, persecute, prosecute, pursue, sect, sequence, set, suit
sue (v.): c. 1200, "continue, persevere," from Anglo-French suer "follow after, continue," Old French suir, sivre "pursue, follow after, sue in court" (Modern French suivre), from Vulgar Latin *sequere "follow," from Latin sequi "follow" (see sequel). Sense of "start a lawsuit against" first recorded c. 1300, on notion of "following up" a matter in court. Sometimes short for ensue or pursue. Meaning "make entreaty, petition, plead" (usually with for) is from late 14c. Related: Sued; suing.
Sue: fem. proper name, a shortened or familiar form of Susan.

2. Sue screamed, not loudly, more in surprise than terror.: 休尖叫起來，聲音不大，吃驚多于恐懼。

3. Sue and John were especially thrilled with this award.: 休和約翰對于獲得這個獎項感到興奮不已。

4. Another change that Sue made was to install central heating.: 休所作的另一個改變是安裝中央供暖系統。