| 单词 | litigious |
| 释义 | litigious adjective formaldisapprovinguk/lɪˈtɪdʒ.əs/us/lɪˈtɪdʒ.əs/too often takingargumentsto acourtoflawfor adecision: 爱打官司的，好诉讼的The US is the most litigioussocietyin theworld.美国是世界上最爱打官司的社会。 Taking legal action
litigious| Business Englishlitigious adjective uk/lɪˈtɪdʒəs/ustooreadyto takedisagreementsto acourtoflawso that alegaldecisioncan be made about them: litigious society/cultureWelivein anincreasinglylitigioussociety. litigiousnessnoun[U] The litigiousness of manypatientsmakesinsurancefordoctorsextremelyexpensive. Examplesoflitigiouslitigious Alitigioussociety created an increased need for litigation masters, while local magistrates had to rely ever more heavily on private secretaries. From theCambridge English Corpus This functional justice may have been generally acceptable tolitigiousmariners. From theCambridge English Corpus Local magistrates, for their part, abhorred thelitigioussociety. From theCambridge English Corpus I have cited figures illustrating thelitigioustrend, but they were those gathered under ordinary circumstances. From theCambridge English Corpus They are highly quality conscious and perhapslitigiousin nature. From theCambridge English Corpus Unfortunately in an increasinglylitigioustime, ethics committees actively discourage researchers asking fathers if they knew that their putative offspring was not really their own. From theCambridge English Corpus With new developments such an increasinglylitigioussociety and more emphasis on the rights of research participants this is a particularly relevant section. From theCambridge English Corpus However, this kind of resistance could also take on a lesslitigiousform. From theCambridge English Corpus In thelitigioussociety in which we live, healthcare decisions always have the possibility of winding up in a courtroom. From theCambridge English Corpus And, in any case, in alitigiousage such appraisals are unlikely to be anything but anodyne. From theCambridge English Corpus Given thelitigioussociety we cohabitate, avoiding mistakes is the key to sound risk management. From theCambridge English Corpus The political structures of both federal centers encourage an adversarial,litigiousapproach to regulation that serves to constrain states. From theCambridge English Corpus Rather than frustration at having failed to eradicate litigation masters and amend thelitigioustrend, there is a sense of resignation in his voice. From theCambridge English Corpus Freetown might have been a small town but as a society it was both complex andlitigious. From theCambridge English Corpus His orderly, almostlitigious, manner makes him appear cranky, except when enjoying a joke at the expense of his foe. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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