The thing has become an absolute public nuisance.

这件事已经成为绝对的公害。

Many people, including a city official, have called them a " public nuisance" .

许多人，包括市政官员在内的很多人称其为" 公害" 。

Both cases were filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle and are based on state public nuisance law.

这两起诉讼都是在西雅图的美国地方法院提起的，并基于州公共妨害法。

Most famously, public nuisance claims helped bring a $246 billion settlement from the tobacco industry in 1998.

最著名的是，1998年，公共妨害诉讼帮助烟草行业获得了2460亿美元的和解。

They argued the companies created a public nuisance by targeting their products to children.

他们认为，这些公司将产品定位于儿童，造成了对公众的滋扰。

She said she was excited to see a school district make a public nuisance claim against the tech companies.

她说，她很高兴看到一个学区对科技公司提出公害诉讼。

As for those already built, they were declared public nuisances and ordered closed.

至于那些已经建成的，它们被宣布为公害，并被勒令关闭。

In Washington, public nuisance is generally defined as an act that endangers the safety or health of a large number of people.

在华盛顿，公共妨害通常被定义为危及大量人的安全或健康的行为。

Thereupon the President returned to the course he had marked out for himself, leaving " the public nuisance" to his successor, President McKinley.

于是，总统回到了他为自己划定的路线，将“公害” 留给了他的继任者麦金莱总统。

It's the first time a public nuisance argument has been successful in such a case and could open the floodgates to further legal challenges around the country.

这是此类案件中首次取得成功的妨害公众诉讼，可能会引发全国各地进一步的法律诉讼。