lawsuit
- n. 诉讼
- Definition
- n. a case brought to a court of law for a decision
- Example
- The company faced a lawsuit over unpaid wages.
- 这家公司因拖欠工资被起诉。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: a legal case (noun).
比较义项：诉讼（名词）。
- lawsuit 本词
The common, everyday word for a legal case, used freely in ordinary conversation and news reporting, and typically takes the article 'a'.
指法律案件的日常通用说法，广泛用于日常对话和新闻报道中，通常需搭配冠词“a”使用。
Her family filed a lawsuit against the hospital after the accident.
事故发生后，她的家人对医院提起了诉讼。
- suit
A more formal, legal-register word for the same thing, common in fixed legal phrases like 'file suit' or 'civil suit', and rarely used in everyday conversation.
同样表示诉讼案件，但语气更正式、更具法律色彩，常出现在“提起诉讼（file suit）”“民事诉讼（civil suit）”等固定法律用语中，日常口语中较少使用。
The company was quick to file suit against its former partner.
该公司很快就对前合伙人提起了诉讼。
Both words mean a legal case. Lawsuit is the common, everyday word, used freely in conversation and news. Suit is more formal and legal, common in fixed phrases like 'file suit' or 'civil suit', and rarely used in everyday talk.
这两个词在“诉讼”这个意义上很接近，但 suit 语气更正式、更具法律色彩，常出现在“提起诉讼（file suit）”“民事诉讼（civil suit）”等固定法律用语中；lawsuit 是日常更通用的说法，口语和新闻中都常见。这里不比较 suit 表示“西装”“（扑克牌的）花色”，或作动词表示“适合、相配”的其他意义。