legal action

英 [ˈliːɡl ækʃn]

美 [ˈliːɡl ækʃn]

n.  法律诉讼

经济

牛津词典

noun

• 法律诉讼
  the act of using the legal system to settle a disagreement, etc.
  1. to take/begin legal action against sb
     起诉某人
  2. They have threatened us with legal action.
     他们用起诉来要挟我们。

英英释义

noun

• a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another
  Synonym:actionaction at law

双语例句

• She threatened legal action against the Sun for breach of copyright.
  她威胁说要对《太阳报》侵犯其著作权的行为采取法律措施。
• After threats of legal action they stopped the building work.
  在被威胁要诉诸法律之后，他们停止了建筑工作。
• Does this justify you taking legal action?
  这就是你提起诉讼的理由吗？
• Legal action against the tobacco industry: personal injury, public interest, non-smokers'and government lawsuits.
  法律行动烟草行业：人身伤害，公共利益，非吸烟者和政府的诉讼。
• They might try to take legal action against you if you break the terms of the contract.
  如果你违反合同条款，他们可能会对你采取法律行动。
• I think we can solve this problem without resorting to legal action.
  我认为我们可以不用诉诸法律就能解决这个问题上。
• We sued and lost the legal action but won the war.
  我们提起诉讼，输掉了官司但赢得了竞争。
• Martin was thinking of taking legal action against Zuckerman
  马丁在考虑对朱克曼提起诉讼。
• The letter, she said, threatened legal action for using the comany's trademark name.
  她说这封信威胁到了由使用该公司商标名称引起的诉讼。
• However, successive reports ruled out the connection and legal action by sufferers against electricity companies was abandoned.
  然而，接连的报告排除了二者的联系，受害者也不得不放弃指控电力公司的法律诉讼。