汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 吃官司
吃官司
to face legal action / to get sued
亦作"吃官司"。 旧时指被控告受处罚或关进监狱。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

Noonelikes alawsuit .没人愿意吃官司

No one likes a lawsuit.

她写了一份关于他的绩效评估,称他是“等着吃官司的人。”

She wrote a performance review about him that called him a "lawsuit waiting to happen."

弗农·鲍曼,一位75岁的印第安那农民,做了一些让他自己吃官司的事情。

Vernon Bowman, a 75-year-old farmer from rural Indiana, did something that got him sued. 2013.12.

鲁智深打死恶霸镇关西后,怕吃官司,逃往他低。 他先来到五台山文殊院出家,因不守佛规,喝酒闹事,方丈又把他介绍到大相国寺看菜园子。

After killing the local tyrant Zhen Guanxi, for fear of being jailed, Lu Zhishen fled to Mount Wutai where he stayed in a temple as a monk.

八月美国证券和交易委员会(SEC)指控该州向市政债券投资者隐瞒资金不足真相,这还是第一次有一个州因违反联邦证券法而吃官司,不过,新泽西州对证券和交易委员会的裁决保留意见。

This was the first time a state had been charged with violating federal securities laws.