sueable

IPA/ˈsuː.ə.bəl/
IPA/ˈsuː.ə.bəl/

sueable — 形容詞

  • sueablepositive
  • sueablercomparative
  • sueablestsuperlative

1. describing a person, company, or other organisation that a court can legally ord

1.形容詞C1
釋義

可起訴的

個人或組織可被訴追的

describing a person, company, or other organisation that a court can legally order to pay compensation to someone they have harmed.

例句

Dr. Amani learned that she was sueable for the damage caused by her surgical error.

Amani 醫師了解到，她因手術失誤所造成的損害而可被起訴。

sueable for + reason (noun phrase)

Companies that sell unsafe products are often found to be sueable in consumer courts.

銷售不安全產品的公司經常在消費者法庭中被認定為可起訴的。

found to be sueable — passive construction

同義詞
  • liable

    Broader term that includes debts and contractual responsibility, not just lawsuits

  • accountable

    Focuses on moral or professional responsibility rather than specific legal liability

  • answerable

    More formal register; suggests being responsible to a specific authority or body

反義詞
  • immune

    Legally protected from being sued, often used for governments or diplomats

文法句型

be + sueable

be + found + sueable

be + sueable + for + noun phrase

用法筆記

Almost always used after the verb 'be' (predicatively). The subject is typically a person, company, or other organisation that could be taken to civil court. Distinguish from 'liable', which includes debts and contractual obligations beyond lawsuits.

常見錯誤

❌The broken elevator is sueable.
✅The building owner is sueable because the elevator was broken.
💡Sueable describes the person or organisation responsible, not the object or thing.
❌He was sued by the police for a crime.
✅He was sued by his neighbour for damages to the fence.
💡Sue is used in civil lawsuits, not criminal prosecution.

2. describing a wrong or harmful action that gives someone the legal right to take

2.形容詞C2
釋義

可提告的

違法行為可被追究的

describing a wrong or harmful action that gives someone the legal right to take the person responsible to court.

例句

The judge ruled that the oil spill was a sueable offence under environmental protection laws.

法官裁定，這起漏油事件根據環境保護法是可提告的違法行為。

sueable offence + under [law] — statutory basis pattern

Workplace harassment is a sueable action in most countries around the world.

職場騷擾在世界大多數國家都是可提告的行為。

sueable action — common collocation for wrongs

同義詞
  • actionable

    More common legal term for claims or offences that give grounds for a lawsuit

  • prosecutable

    Applies to criminal cases rather than civil lawsuits; narrower in scope

反義詞
  • permissible

    Allowed by law; the opposite of something that can be legally challenged

文法句型

be + sueable

be + sueable + under + law/statute

be + sueable + in + court type

用法筆記

Used predicatively or attributively before nouns such as 'offence', 'action', 'practice', or 'matter'. The subject is always a specific wrong or violation, not a person. This sense is rarer and more technical than sense 1.

常見錯誤

❌The manager was sueable for shouting at staff.
✅Shouting at staff is not usually a sueable offence unless it involves discrimination or harassment.
💡The offence or action itself is sueable; the person is sueable under sense 1.