suit /suːt/ CET4 TEM4 ( suiting, suited, suits )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A man's suit consists of a jacket, trousers, and sometimes a vest, all made from the same fabric. (男) 套装

  例：

  ...a dark pin-striped business suit.

  …一套黑色细条纹男职业装。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A woman's suit consists of a jacket and skirt, or sometimes trousers, made from the same fabric. (女) 套装

  例：

  I was wearing my tweed suit.

  我那时穿着我的花呢套装。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A particular type of suit is a piece of clothing that you wear for a particular activity. (特定活动时穿的) 服装

  例：

  The six survivors only lived through their ordeal because of the special rubber suits they were wearing.

  6位幸存者因穿着特殊橡胶服度过了大难。

• 4. 

  V-T If something suits you, it is convenient for you or is the best thing for you in the circumstances. (某事物) 适合 (某人) [no cont]

  例：

  They will only release information if it suits them.

  他们只会发布合他们意的消息。

• 5. 

  V-T If something suits you, you like it. (某事物) 合 (某人) 心意 [no cont]

  例：

  I don't think a sedentary life would altogether suit me.

  我认为久坐不动的生活方式完全不适合我。

• 6. 

  V-T If a piece of clothing or a particular style or colour suits you, it makes you look attractive. (衣服、款式、颜色等) 适合 (某人) [no cont]

  例：

  Green suits you.

  绿色适合你。

• 7. 

  V-T If you suit yourself, you do something just because you want to do it, without bothering to consider other people. 按照自己的意愿

  例：

  People have tended to suit themselves, not paying much heed to the reformers.

  人们已趋向于按自己的意愿行事，不太在意改革者们。

• 8. 

  N-COUNT In a court of law, a suit is a case in which someone tries to get a legal decision against a person or company, often so that the person or company will have to pay them money for having done something wrong to them. 诉讼案

  例：

  Up to 2,000 former employees have filed personal injury suits against the company.

  多达2千名前雇员已对该公司提起了个人伤害诉讼。

• 9. 

  N-UNCOUNT You can also say that someone files or brings suit against another person. 诉讼

  例：

  One insurance company has already filed suit against the city of Chicago.

  一家保险公司已对芝加哥市提起诉讼。

• 10. 

  → see also pantsuit

• 11. 

  PHRASE If people follow suit, they do the same thing that someone else has just done. 跟着做

  例：

  Efforts to persuade the remainder to follow suit have continued.

  说服其余的人也跟着做的努力在继续。