1. | [c][u] 法院；法庭；审判庭the place where legal trials take place and where crimes, etc. are judged |
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 court tomorrow. 她明天出庭。 | |
They took their landlord to court for 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 case and 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。 |
2. | [sing] 全体出庭人员；（尤指）全体审判人员the people in a court , especially those who make the decisions, such as the judge and jury |
Please tell the court what happened. 请向法庭陈述事情的经过。 |
3. | [c] （网球等的）球场a place where games such as tennis are played |
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。 |
4. | [c][u] 王宫；宫殿；宫廷the official place where kings and queens live |
the court of Queen Victoria 维多利亚女王的宫廷 |
5. | [sing] 王室人员；王宫人员the king or queen, their family, and the people who work for them and/or give advice to them |
6. | [c] （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 |
7. | [c] 建筑物的开阔部分（常有玻璃房顶）；大厅；馆a large open section of a building, often with a glass roof |
the food court at the shopping mall 大型购物中心的食品区 |
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。 |
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。 |
1. | [t] ~ sb （为有所求，尤指为寻求支持而）试图取悦，讨好，争取to try to please sb in order to get sth you want, especially the support of a person, an organization, etc. |
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。 |
2. | [t] ~ sth 试图获得；博得to try to obtain sth |
He has never courted popularity. 他从不追求名望。 |
3. | [t] ~ sth 招致，酿成，导致（不愉快的事）to do sth that might result in sth unpleasant happening |
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。 |
4. | [t] ~ sb （向女子）求爱，求婚if a mancourts a woman, he spends time with her and tries to make her love him, so that they can get married |
5. | [i] 恋爱to have a romantic relationship before getting married |
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。 |
