• vt. 控告；請求
• vi. 控告；提出請求
• n. (Sue)人名；(日)末(名)；(法)休；(英)休(女子教名Susan、Susanna的昵稱)

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.

1. The name Susan is often abbreviated to Sue.

人名Susan經常被縮寫為Sue.

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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。

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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。

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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。

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5. I thought Sue would be a good influence on you.

我認為蘇能對你產生良好影響。

來自柯林斯例句