[N-COUNT 可数名词]法院;法庭;审判庭 A court is a place where legal matters are decided by a judge and jury or by a magistrate.
[oft n N]
At this rate, we could find ourselves in the divorce courts!
照这样下去,我们会为离婚闹上法院!
...a county court judge...
县法院的法官
He was deported on a court order following a conviction for armed robbery...
法庭宣判其持械抢劫罪名成立后他被驱逐出境。
The 28-year-old striker was in court last week for breaking a rival player's jaw.
那名28岁的前锋因造成对方一名球员下颌骨折,上周出庭受审。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]全体出庭人员;(尤指)全体审判人员 You can refer to the people in a court, especially the judge, jury, or magistrates, as a court .
A court at Tampa, Florida has convicted five officials on drugs charges.
佛罗里达州坦帕市法庭判决5名官员的毒品交易罪名成立。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](网球、篮球、羽毛球或壁球等的)球场 A court is an area in which you play a game such as tennis, basketball, badminton, or squash.
[usu supp N]
The hotel has several tennis and squash courts...
该酒店有几个网球场和壁球场。
She watched a few of the games while waiting to go on court.
她在等待上场时观看了几场比赛。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]王宫;宫殿;宫廷 The court of a king or queen is the place where he or she lives and carries out ceremonial or administrative duties.
[oft with poss]
She came to visit England, where she was presented at the court of James I...
她来到英国访问,在詹姆士一世的王宫受到了接见。
Their family was certainly well regarded at court.
他们家族在宫廷中无疑颇受敬重。
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[N-IN-NAMES 名称名词](用于大型宅第和公寓街区的名称中)宅第,宅邸,公寓大楼 In Britain, Court is used in the names of large houses and blocks of flats.
[n N]
...7 Ivebury Court, Latimer Rd, London W10 6RA.
伦敦西区10号第6街区拉蒂默路艾夫伯里7号公寓大楼
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Crown Court
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High Court
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kangaroo court
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[PHRASE 短语](对…)提起诉讼 If you go to court or take someone to court, you take legal action against them.
[V inflects]
They have received at least twenty thousand pounds each but had gone to court to demand more.
他们每人至少已经得到了两万英镑,但仍然向法庭提出诉讼要求获得更多。
...members of trade associations who want to take bad debtors to court.
那些想要把无力偿付的债务人告上法庭的同业公会成员
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[V PHR ]发表意见的机会 Your day in court is your chance to give your side of an argument or other matter.
[mainly AM 主美]
He knew that this would be his day in court — his last chance to explain why he acted as he did...
他知道这是他为自己辩解的机会,是他能够解释自己为何如此行事的最后机会。
We knew from the very beginning that it was a question of freedom of speech. All we wanted was our day in court.
我们从一开始就知道这是言论自由的问题。我们只要求有发表意见的机会。
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[PHRASE 短语](因为有趣或出名)引人注目,被人围观 If someone holds court in a place, they are surrounded by a lot of people who are paying them a lot of attention because they are interesting or famous.
[V inflects]
...in the days when Marlene Dietrich and Ernest Hemingway held court in the famous El Floridita club.
当马琳·黛德丽和欧内斯特·海明威在埃尔·佛罗利迪达俱乐部名噪一时的时候
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[PHRASE 短语](因观点或想法可笑而)对…一笑置之,对…不予考虑 If you laugh someone out of court, you say that their opinions or ideas are so ridiculous that they are not worth considering.
[V inflects]
It's easy for a younger generation of critics to laugh Limon out of court...
年轻一代的批评家很容易对利蒙的观点一笑置之。
Polytechnic lecturers have asked for 12.5 per cent, a claim sure to be laughed out of court.
理工学校的讲师要求12.5%,这一要求肯定不会予以考虑。
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[PHRASE 短语]庭外;不经法院 If a legal matter is decided or settled out of court, it is decided without legal action being taken in a court of law.
[PHR after v]
The Government is anxious to keep the whole case out of court.
政府迫切希望整件事能够在庭外解决。
...a payment of two million pounds in an out of court settlement.
经庭外和解支付200万英镑
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[VERB 动词](为使某人、团体或国家按自己的意愿做某事而)试图取悦,讨好 To court a particular person, group, or country means to try to please them or improve your relations with them, often so that they will do something that you want them to do.
[V n]
[JOURNALISM 新闻]
Both Democratic and Republican parties are courting former supporters of Ross Perot...
民主党和共和党都在极力拉拢罗斯·佩罗以前的支持者。
Stars are courted by manufacturers who value their influence on style-conscious fans.
生产商竞相讨好明星,他们看重的是明星对追求时尚的追星族的影响力。
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[VERB 动词]试图获得,追求(关注或声望) If you court something such as publicity or popularity, you try to attract it.
[V n]
Having spent a lifetime avidly courting publicity, Paul has suddenly become secretive.
保罗一生都在想方设法出风头,现在却突然行事低调了。
...his ability to get things done, usually by manipulating, courting favour or cleverly finding a way around opponents.
他的神通广大通常靠暗中操纵、讨取恩惠或巧妙地避开对手等手段
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[VERB 动词]招致,酿成,导致(不愉快的事) If you court something unpleasant such as disaster or unpopularity, you act in a way that makes it likely to happen.
[V n]
If he thinks he can remain in power by force he is courting disaster...
如果他认为可以通过武力继续掌权,那他就是在自寻死路。
They argue that the commission should risk courting unpopularity and push on with its legislative programmes.
他们认为委员会应该甘冒不受欢迎的风险来推进其立法项目。
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[V-RECIP 相互动词]追求(异性);向…求爱;恋爱 If you are courting someone of the opposite sex, you spend a lot of time with them, because you are intending to get married. You can also say that a man and a woman are courting .
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[OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
I was courting Billy at 19 and married him when I was 21...
我19岁开始追求比利,21岁嫁给了他。
Derek criticised every aspect of Pauline's behaviour, something he had never done when they were courting.
德里克对保利娜的行为举止百般挑剔,恋爱时他可从没这样做过。
...an isolated spot popular with courting couples.
热恋情侣们都喜欢去的僻静之所
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courtcourtscourtedcourtingnoun★law 法律1★[countable , uncountable ]the place where legal trials take place and where crimes, etc. are judged 法院;法庭;审判庭◆the civil/criminal courts民事╱刑事法庭◆Her lawyer made a statement outside the court.她的律师在法庭外面发表了一份声明。◆She will appear in courttomorrow. 她明天出庭。◆They tooktheir landlord to courtfor breaking the contract. 因为房东毁约,他们把他告上了法庭。◆The case took five years to come to court(= to be heard by the court).那案件历时五年才被法庭受理。◆There wasn't enough evidence to bring the case to court(= start a trial).没有足够的证据可把此案提交法庭。◆He won the court caseand was awarded damages. 他胜诉得到了赔偿金。◆She can't pay her tax and is facing court action.她缴不起税,将面临法庭诉讼。◆The case was settled out of court(= a decision was reached without a trial).这案件已庭外和解。☞collocationsat
justice
☞note at
school
☞see also
courthouse
(1 ),
courtroom
2★the court[singular ]the people in a court,especially those who make the decisions, such as the judge and jury全体出庭人员;(尤指)全体审判人员◆Please tell the court what happened.请向法庭陈述事情的经过。☞see also
contempt of court
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county court
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Crown Court
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High Court
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juvenile court
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Supreme Court
for sport 体育运动3[countable ]a place where games such as tennisare played (网球等的)球场◆a tennis/squash/badminton court网球场;壁球场;羽毛球场◆He won after only 52 minutes on court.他上场仅 52 分钟就赢得了胜利。☞see also
clay court
,
grass court
kings/queens 国王;女王4[countable , uncountable ]the official place where kings and queens live 王宫;宫殿;宫廷◆the court of Queen Victoria维多利亚女王的宫廷5the court[singular ]the king or queen, their family, and the people who work for them and/or give advice to them 王室人员;王宫人员buildings 建筑物6[countable ]=
courtyard
7(abbr.Ct )[countable ]used in the names of blocks of flats or apartment buildings, or of some short streets; (in Britain) used in the name of some large houses (用于套房、公寓或某些短街区的名称)公寓大楼,短街;(英国用于某些大型宅第的名称)宅第,邸宅8[countable ]a large open section of a building, often with a glass roof 建筑物的开阔部份(常有玻璃房顶);大厅;馆◆the food court at the shopping mall大型购物中心的食品区IDIOMShold ˈcourt (with sb)to entertain people by telling them interesting or funny things (讲趣闻或笑话)使人快乐,逗人乐rule/throw sth out of ˈcourtto say that sth is completely wrong or not worth considering, especially in a trial (尤指在法庭上)指明完全错误,不予考虑,不予受理◆The charges were thrown out of court.这些指控未予受理。◆Well that's my theory ruled out of court.唉,那就是我遭到摒弃的意见。☞more at
ball
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laugh
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pay
v.verbtry to please 试图取悦1[transitive ]courtsb to try to please sb in order to get sth you want, especially the support of a person, an organization, etc. (为有所求,尤指寻求支持而)试图取悦,讨好,争取SYN
cultivate
◆Both candidates have spent the last month courting the media.两位候选人在过去的一个月里都在取悦媒体。try to get 试图得到2[transitive ]courtsth ( formal) to try to obtain sth 试图获得;博得◆He has never courted popularity.他从不追求名望。invite sth bad 招致灾祸3[transitive ]courtsth ( formal) to do sth that might result in sth unpleasant happening 招致,酿成,导致(不愉快的事)◆to court danger/death/disaster招致危险╱死亡╱灾难◆As a politician he has often courted controversy.作为政治人物,他常常招致争议。have relationship 建立感情4[transitive ]courtsb ( old-fashioned) if a man courtsa woman, he spends time with her and tries to make her love him, so that they can get married (向女子)求爱,求婚5be courting[intransitive ]( old-fashioned) (of a man and a woman 男女)to have a romantic relationship before getting married 恋爱◆At that time they had been courting for several years.当时他们已经谈了好几年的恋爱了。☞see also
courtship
WHICH WORD? 词语辨析court / law court / court of law■All these words can be used to refer to a place where legal trials take place. Courtand ( formal) court of lawusually refer to the actual room where cases are judged. Courtroomis also used for this. Law court( BrE) is more often used to refer to the building. 以上各词均可指法庭或法院。court 和 court of law (正式说法)通常指法庭、审判室,courtroom 亦用于此义。law court (英式英语)多指法院这座建筑物:◆The prison is opposite the law court.监狱在法院对面。Courthouseis used for this in NAmE.美式英语用 courthouse 表达此义。court/kɔːt; NAmEkɔːrt/
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courtcourt1 /kɔːt $ kɔːrt/ ●●●S1W1 noun
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1for deciding about a legal case [countable, uncountable] the place where a trial is held, or the people there, especially the judge and the jury who examine the evidence and decide whether someone is guilty or not guilty: It could not be proved in a court of law. The court case lasted six weeks. Four people will appear in court today, charged with fraud. The court ruled that no compensation was due. She threatened to take the magazine to court (=take legal action against them) if they didn’t publish an immediate apology.2for playing a sport [countable] an area made for playing games such as tennis → field, pitchsquash/tennis/basketball etc court Can you book a squash court for tomorrow?on court The players are due on court in an hour.3king/queena)[countable] the place where a king or queen lives and works: the royal courts of Europeb) the court the king, queen, their family, and their friends, advisers etc: Several members of the court were under suspicion. There was a taste in court circles for romantic verse.Court officials denied the rumours.4hold court formal to speak in an interesting, amusing, or forceful way so that people gather to listencourt to Dylan was holding court upstairs to a group of fans.5pay court to somebody old-fashioned to give someone a lot of attention to try and make them like you6area next to a building [countable] a courtyard → the ball is in somebody’s court
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COLLOCATIONSphrasesa court of law· You may be asked to give evidence before a court of law.court + NOUNa court case (=a problem or crime that is dealt with in a court of law)· a recent court case involving the death of a babya court order (=an instruction that someone must do something)· A court order specified that the money must be paid back over six months.a court ruling (=an official decision)· The company appealed against the court ruling.court action (=a court case)· He was threatened with court action.court proceedings (=the processes that are part of a court case)· The court proceedings were over in a day.verbsgo to court (=take legal action)· The costs of going to court are very high.take somebody to court (=take legal action against someone)· She took the company to court for sex discrimination.bring somebody/something to court (also bring somebody/something before a court)· Three teenage girls were brought before the court for robbing an elderly woman.appear in court· A man has appeared in court charged with cruelty to animals.a case comes to court/comes before the court· The case came to court 21 months later.a court hears a case· The county court will hear the case next month.settle something out of court (=reach an agreement without using a court)· The matter was finally settled out of court.a court rules/orders/holds something· The court ruled that the penalty was not excessive.a court clears/acquits somebody (=says that they are not guilty)· A US court cleared him of bribery allegations.a court convicts somebody (=says that they are guilty)· A New York court convicted her as a tax cheat.a court upholds something (=says that an earlier decision was right)· It seems likely that the court will uphold his conviction.a court quashes/overturns something (=says that an earlier decision was wrong)· A Brazilian court has quashed a 19-year jail sentence.a court adjourns a case/trial etc (=stops dealing with it for a period of time)· The court adjourned the trial until June 21st.a court dismisses/throws out something (=refuses to allow or consider something)· The court dismissed his appeal against conviction.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + courta criminal court (=for cases about crime)· Two French magistrates ruled that he should stand trial in a criminal court.a civil court (=for cases about disagreements)· Eviction proceedings take place in a civil court.a Crown Court (=a British court for cases about serious crimes)· The defendant went to the Crown Court for sentencing.a High Court (=an important court, with more power than an ordinary court)· Their convictions were upheld in the High Court.an appeals court/court of appeal (=dealing with cases in which people are not satisfied with a decision)· The appeals court rejected the defence’s argument.the Supreme Court (=the most important court in some countries or US states)· Thomas was the only African-American justice on the Supreme Court.a federal court (=a national court rather than a state court)a county court (=a local court)a magistrates’ court (=a court in each area in England and Wales that deals with less serious crimes)a kangaroo court (=an unofficial court that punishes people unfairly)· The army reportedly held kangaroo courts and executed alleged rebels.THESAURUSIn a courtdefendant the person who is on trial for a crimethe defence British English, the defense American English the lawyers who are working for the defendantthe prosecution the lawyers who are trying to prove that the defendant is guiltyjudge the official in charge of a court who decides how criminals should be punishedjury a group of people, usually 12 people, who listen to the facts and decide whether the defendant is guilty or not guiltywitness someone who describes in a court of law what he or she knows about a crimetestimony a formal statement made in a court of law about a particular situation or actionverdict the decision of the jury as to whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty
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1to try hard to please someone, especially because you want something from them: His campaign team have assiduously courted the media.2court danger/death etc formal to behave in a way that makes danger etc more likely: To have admitted this would have courted political disaster.3be courting old-fashioned if a man and a woman are courting, they are having a romantic relationship and may get married: That was back in the 1960s when we were courting.4 old-fashioned if a man courts a woman, he spends time being nice to her because he hopes to marry her