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Litigation Latin Nominative Dispute Quarrel Litem 5272.Litigation 英

正面 5272.litigation
英 [lɪtɪ'geɪʃ(ə)n]美 ['lɪtə'geʃən]

背面
释义:
n. 诉讼;起诉
例句:
1. The company has been in litigation with its previous auditors for a full year.那家公司与前任审计员已打了整整一年的官司。

1. 谐音“额犯的” => 我犯的,我冒犯的。2. 记忆方法:恶犯——冒犯 off + end

litigation (n.)1560s, "disputation," from Late Latin litigationem (nominative litigatio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin litigare "to dispute, quarrel, strive," from phrase litem agere, from litem (nominative lis) "lawsuit, dispute, quarrel, strife" + agere "to drive, conduct" (see act). Meaning "act of carrying on a lawsuit" is from 1640s."

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