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Oxford court / kɔːt ; NAmE kɔːrt /
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court courts courted courting
noun 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
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courthouse
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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
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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 5 the 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
IDIOMS hold 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 ˈcourt to 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
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verb try 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 5 be 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 ; NAmE kɔːrt /
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court2 verb
courtcourt1 /kɔːt $ kɔːrt/ ●●● S1 W1 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 tennisfield, 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/queen a)[countable] the place where a king or queen lives and works:  the royal courts of Europe b) 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
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court

[kɔ:t]courted, courting, courts

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courted[582] courting[1610] courts[5387]
法院(60%),球场(16%),宫廷(8%),追求(5%),奉承(4%),招致(3%),庭院(2%),设法获得(1%),献殷勤(1%)
n.法院;球场;朝廷;奉承
vt.招致(失败、危险等);向…献殷勤;设法获得
vi.求爱
n.(Court)人名;(英)考特;(法)库尔

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