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To litigate is to take a claim or complaint to a court of law — not just to be angry, and not just to send a letter, but to ask a judge to decide. Companies litigate over money; neighbours sometimes litigate over land. It is a formal verb. In ordinary talk people say sue or take someone to court. Though actually, a lot of litigating never becomes a big public trial. Lawyers file papers, argue, and often settle. The word still fits, because the court path has been opened. You litigate a case, a dispute, or an issue; you do not ‘litigate a person’ in careful English, even though the other person is on the other side.
組成First recorded in English in 1606, from Latin litigatus, from litigo. That verb is lis (‘a lawsuit’, stem lit-) plus a verb-building ending -igo; English then added the verb ending -ate.
同家族的字
- litigationthe noun: litigate + -ion, the court process itself
- litigantthe person who is in that court fight
- litigiousthe adjective: too willing to litigate
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
litigateverb/ˈlɪtɪɡeɪt/
- 1
To go to law; to carry on a lawsuit.
- Ain't got no place to lay your head / Somebody came and took your bed / Don't worry, be happy / The landlord say your rent is late / He may have to litigate
- 2
To contest in law.
- 3
To dispute; to fight over.
- you can't keep litigating this same point!
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。