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suit

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suit1 /suːt, sjuːt $ suːt/ ●●● S2 W3 noun [countableC]  
1  businessman.jpg clothes 衣服DCC a set of clothes made of the same material, usually including a jacket with trousers or a skirt 套装，一套衣服〔通常包括用相同衣料做的短上衣和裤子或裙子〕
 a grey lightweight suit
轻薄灰色套装
 a business suit
商务套装
 a tweed suit
粗花呢套装
 She was wearing a black trouser suit.
她穿着一套黑色裤装。
→ morning suit
2. bathing/jogging etc suit DCCa piece of clothing or a set of clothes used for swimming, running etc 游泳衣/慢跑服等 → boiler suit, shell suit, sweat suit, tracksuit, wet suit
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bathing/jogging etc suit• Seeing Felix resignedly pick up his towel and bathing suit, Mabs and Tashie rushed behind a rock to change.• A more natural line evolved as bathing suit and fabric technology was improved to push, pull and lift invisibly.• She was looking very pretty in her bathing suit, her hair still damp from swimming.• They have doctorates in education, and pace the halls in jogging suits.• Babur puts on his new bathing suit and shows off.• She got into her old pink jogging suit and her sneakers.• I shower and lay out all seven bathing suits on the bed and try to picture myself in one in particular.• There they were, those pretty young girls all in a row, wearing standardized bathing suits, glamour gowns and smiles.
3  law 法律SCL a problem or complaint that a person or company brings to a court of law to be settled 诉讼；讼案 SYN lawsuit
 Johnson has filed suit against her.
约翰逊对她提起了诉讼。
 a civil suit
民事诉讼
4  office worker 公司职员 informal a man, especially a manager, who works in an office and who has to wear a suit when he is at work 〔上班时必须穿套装的〕办公室职员〔尤指经理〕
 I bought myself a mobile phone and joined the other suits on the train to the City.
我给自己买了一部手机，和其他上班族一起坐火车到伦敦商业区去 上班。
5. cards 纸牌DGC one of the four types of cards in a set of playing cards 〔一副纸牌中，四种花色牌中的一种〕同花 色牌
6  somebody’s strong suit GOOD ATsomething that you are good at 某人擅长的事，某人的专长，某人的特长
 Sympathy is not Jack’s strong suit.
杰克不太会同情别人。
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somebody’s strong suit• Politeness is not his strong suit.
→ in your birthday suit at birthday(3), → follow suit at follow(14)
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suit• An author who does not register a copyright will not be able to maintain a suit against anyone who makes unauthorized copies.• There is a range of 12 sizes, meaning there's a suit to accurately fit almost everyone.• She wore a black suit for the interview.• Bob was wearing a business suit.• The restaurant seemed to be filled with men in grey suits.• The Food Lion suit has been closely watched because hidden-camera reports have become a popular staple of network newsmagazine shows.• The father's suit didn't fit.• Sophiatown itself-erased by the brutal apparatchiks of apartheid in 1955-is as much the protagonist as the suit.• He lay around all afternoon in his brown tweed suit, and even pulled a button off the jacket.• Vince was dressed in a blue wool suit.
filed suit• Microsoft Corp. has filed suit against a Houston computer manufacturer as part of a nationwide crackdown on software piracy.• Larkin has filed suit against the corporation.• Jackson never has filed suit seeking to establish paternity, Brokaw said.• Her lawyer, C.. Fred Welensky of Boston, withdrew those when he filed suit.• But it filed suit, it picketed, it gave food to the hungry.• The bank said it discovered the wrongdoing last May and later filed suit against him.• Stockholders filed suit against First National Entertainment in 1993, alleging that the company had misled them by issuing inflated revenue projections.
suit2 ●●● S3 W3 verb [transitiveT]  
1  CONVENIENTto be acceptable, suitable, or convenient for a particular person or in a particular situation 适合；中…的意；对…方便
 Whatever your reason for borrowing, we have the loan that suits your needs.
不管您因何贷款，我们都会有满足您需要的贷款。
 There’s a range of restaurants to suit all tastes.
有各种各样的餐馆可以满足所有口味。
 There are countryside walks to suit everyone.
有适合每个人的乡村步行路径。
 We have gifts to suit every pocket (=of all prices).
我们有各种价格的礼物。
 Either steak or chicken would suit me fine.
牛排或鸡肉我都可以。
 The climate there will suit you down to the ground (=suit you very well).
那儿的天气你会非常满意。
suit something to something
 She had the ability to suit her performances to the audience.
她有能力使自己的表演迎合观众的口味。
2  SUIT/LOOK GOOD TOGETHERclothes, colours etc that suit you make you look attractive 使显得漂亮
 That coat really suits Paul.
那件外套非常适合保罗。
 Red suits you.
红色适合你。
 Jill’s new hairstyle doesn’t really suit her.
吉尔的新发型不太适合她。
n Grammar
Suit is never passive in this meaning.
3  best/well/ideally/perfectly etc suited to/for something SUITABLEto have the right qualities to do something 非常适合做某事；具备做某事的特质
 The activity holidays on offer are really best suited to groups.
目前推出的活动度假产品最适合团体出游。
 land well suited for agriculture
非常适合农耕的土地
 the candidate most ideally suited to doing the job
最适合做这项工作的人选
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best/well/ideally/perfectly etc suited to/for something• It is not however so well suited to an intensive, detailed study of spoken language.• Boar chops are best suited to grilling or sauteing.• If I were a free agent, those are the places I would go, a place best suited for my needs.• We have large quantities of plutonium already separated and in forms ideally suited for nuclear weapons.• The farmer's wife was well suited to tackling this considerable undertaking.• Nevertheless, it is an early maturing variety well suited to the long ripening period of a northern wine region.• Use the systems best suited to their talent, both offensively and defensively.• Secondly, the adversary nature of the adjudicative process may not be well suited to this area.
4  suit yourself spokenDON'T CARE used to tell someone they can do whatever they want to, even though it annoys you or you think they are not doing the right thing 随你的便吧；你想怎样就怎样吧
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suit yourself• And not betraying the past, either, not rewriting our private history to suit herself.• Casual or classically smart, there are spots, stripes and bold blocks of vibrant colour so you really can suit yourself!• I choose my assignments to suit myself.• In a strange kind of way, they suited each other.• Of course as the interviewer you basically arrange the interview to suit yourself.• Once the pair has been installed in the breeding tank, they will begin to alter the decor to suit themselves.• A visitor or resident may move a small table to suit themselves - it could mean a broken hip for another resident.• You may suit yourself on that one!
5. suit somebody’s book British EnglishBrE informalSUITABLE to fit well into someone’s plans 适合某人的计划，合某人的心意
n COLLOCATIONS
nouns
suit somebody's needs/requirements
The building has been adapted to suit the needs of older people.
suit somebody's taste
Users can customize the home page to suit their personal tastes.
suit somebody's purpose
It suited her purpose to let him believe the lie.
suit somebody's mood
You can adjust the colour of the lighting to suit your mood.
suit somebody's style
Choose a racket that suits your style of play.
suit the circumstances
When writing emails, most people vary the style to suit the circumstances.
suit the occasion
I thought a simple black dress would suit the occasion.
suit somebody's pocket (=cost as much as they feel they can pay)
The choice is wide, with something to suit everyone's pocket.
adverbs
suit somebody well
Our new house suits us very well.
suit somebody perfectly
The arrangement suited me perfectly.
suit somebody fine informal:
Either Monday or Tuesday would suit me fine for our meeting.
suit somebody down to the ground informal (=suit someone very well)
Country life suits you down to the ground.
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suit• Domestically, we were not badly suited.• That dress would really suit Annie.• Finding a time that suits everyone is going to be difficult.• She had developed a voice, a linguistic style that suited her own experience.• Steve was wearing a red silk shirt that didn't suit him at all.• Labour is clearly unwilling to address that issue, and tailors its words to suit its audience.• The weather here suits me fine.• Do you think this colour suits me?• This is a job that would suit someone with a lot of experience abroad.• I have no ego problems with people using my ideas to suit their tastes.• It seems that limited settings or subjects are particularly suited to the crime short story.• That will give you total reliability and manners suited to the road.• They found us a house close to the campus, which suited us very well.• Which day would suit you best?• Your hair suits you like that.• It takes time to find a college that will suit your child's needs.• Make sure you choose a computer that suits your needs.• Drawing on our knowledge of the city we can tailor make all the arrangements to suit your particular requirements.
suits ... needs• If the answer is yes, look at the various packages which are available and decide which one suits your needs.• It was gratifying to hear that these firms find the certified route suits their training needs.• You must take time to devise a scheme that suits your own needs.• Find a chair that suits your needs and stick to it.• Conté Carres gives a rich, dense black which suits my needs: I often use tissue paper to smudge the Conté.• Having obtained this information the salesperson is in a position to sell the model which best suits the needs of the buyer.• Choose the file-server that suits your needs - the CompuAdd 316s, 320s, 325, or 333t. 3.
From Longman Business Dictionary
suitsuit /suːt, sjuːtsuːt/ noun
1[countableC]LAW a case brought to a court of law by a private person or company, not by the police or governmentSYN LAWSUIT
Ms. Sobel filed a suit, claiming sex discrimination.
2[countableC] a set of clothes made from the same material and including a JACKET (=short coat) and trousers or a skirt
3[countableC usually plural] informal someone such as a manager working for a company that produces books, advertisements, or films, and who has to wear a suit when they are at work
He looks more like a copywriter than an account managing ‘suit’.
→ compare creative2
Origin suit1
(1200-1300) Old French siute “act of following, group of helpers”, from Vulgar Latin sequita, from sequere; → SUE
suit1 nounsuit2 verb →n GRAMMAR1 →n COLLOCATIONS1
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