law suit

基本解释

LOSING a law suit is painful.
败诉是件非常痛苦的事，加之承担对方高昂的诉讼费，无疑是雪上加霜。
The witness statement given by Mr Polanski’s victim still makes harrowing reading (though she has long since settled with him in a civil-law suit, and has supported his efforts to close the case).
波兰斯基先生受害者的证词现在读来都令人伤痛（她很久以前已与其达成了民事诉讼协议，并且也支持他寻求结束本案）。
LOSING a law suit is painful. Being landed with an inflated bill for the other side’s costs makes it worse.
败诉是件非常痛苦的事，加之承担对方高昂的诉讼费，无疑是雪上加霜。

Peter Dernbach is a lawyer at Winkler Partners, the Taipei-based law firm that represented Herms in the trademark infringement suit.
Since the federal law was passed a decade ago, many state and local communities have followed suit.

Subsequently, British Airways was forced to change its policy following a law suit.
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Financial losses from that were great enough to warrant a law suit from shareholders.
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A lawsuit is a case in a court of law which concerns a dispute between two people or organizations.