1. 法院;法庭;審判庭
    A court is a place where legal matters are decided by a judge and jury or by a magistrate.

    e.g. At this rate, we could find ourselves in the divorce courts!
           照這樣下去，我們會(huì)為離婚鬧上法院！
    e.g. ...a county court judge...
           縣法院的法官

2. 全體出庭人員;(尤指)全體審判人員
    You can refer to the people in a court, especially the judge, jury, or magistrates, as a court .

    e.g. A court at Tampa, Florida has convicted five officials on drugs charges.
           佛羅里達(dá)州坦帕市法庭判決5名官員的毒品交易罪名成立。

3. (網(wǎng)球、籃球、羽毛球或壁球等的)球場(chǎng)
    A court is an area in which you play a game such as tennis, basketball, badminton, or squash.

    e.g. The hotel has several tennis and squash courts...
           該酒店有幾個(gè)網(wǎng)球場(chǎng)和壁球場(chǎng)。
    e.g. She watched a few of the games while waiting to go on court.
           她在等待上場(chǎng)時(shí)觀看了幾場(chǎng)比賽。

4. 王宮;宮殿;宮廷
    The court of a king or queen is the place where he or she lives and carries out ceremonial or administrative duties.

    e.g. She came to visit England, where she was presented at the court of James I...
           她來(lái)到英國(guó)訪問(wèn)，在詹姆士一世的王宮受到了接見。
    e.g. Their family was certainly well regarded at court.
           他們家族在宮廷中無(wú)疑頗受敬重。

5. (用于大型宅第和公寓街區(qū)的名稱中)宅第，宅邸，公寓大樓
    In Britain, Court is used in the names of large houses and blocks of flats.

    e.g. ...7 Ivebury Court, Latimer Rd, London W10 6RA.
           倫敦西區(qū)10號(hào)第6街區(qū)拉蒂默路艾夫伯里7號(hào)公寓大樓

6. see also: Crown Court;High Court;kangaroo court

7. （對(duì)…）提起訴訟
    If you go to court or take someone to court, you take legal action against them.

    e.g. They have received at least twenty thousand pounds each but had gone to court to demand more.
           他們每人至少已經(jīng)得到了兩萬(wàn)英鎊，但仍然向法庭提出訴訟要求獲得更多。
    e.g. ...members of trade associations who want to take bad debtors to court.
           那些想要把無(wú)力償付的債務(wù)人告上法庭的同業(yè)公會(huì)成員

8. 發(fā)表意見的機(jī)會(huì)
    Your day in court is your chance to give your side of an argument or other matter.

court什么意思

    e.g. He knew that this would be his day in court — his last chance to explain why he acted as he did...
           他知道這是他為自己辯解的機(jī)會(huì)，是他能夠解釋自己為何如此行事的最后機(jī)會(huì)。
    e.g. We knew from the very beginning that it was a question of freedom of speech. All we wanted was our day in court.
           我們從一開始就知道這是言論自由的問(wèn)題。我們只要求有發(fā)表意見的機(jī)會(huì)。

9. (因?yàn)橛腥せ虺雒?引人注目，被人圍觀
    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.

    e.g. ...in the days when Marlene Dietrich and Ernest Hemingway held court in the famous El Floridita club.
           當(dāng)馬琳·黛德麗和歐內(nèi)斯特·海明威在埃爾·佛羅利迪達(dá)俱樂(lè)部名噪一時(shí)的時(shí)候

10. (因觀點(diǎn)或想法可笑而)對(duì)…一笑置之，對(duì)…不予考慮
    If you laugh someone out of court, you say that their opinions or ideas are so ridiculous that they are not worth considering.

    e.g. It's easy for a younger generation of critics to laugh Limon out of court...
           年輕一代的批評(píng)家很容易對(duì)利蒙的觀點(diǎn)一笑置之。
    e.g. Polytechnic lecturers have asked for 12.5 per cent, a claim sure to be laughed out of court.
           理工學(xué)校的講師要求12.5%，這一要求肯定不會(huì)予以考慮。

11. 庭外;不經(jīng)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.

court的翻譯

      e.g. The Government is anxious to keep the whole case out of court.
             政府迫切希望整件事能夠在庭外解決。
      e.g. ...a payment of two million pounds in an out of court settlement.
             經(jīng)庭外和解支付200萬(wàn)英鎊

1. (為使某人、團(tuán)體或國(guó)家按自己的意愿做某事而)試圖取悅，討好
    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.

court的反義詞

    e.g. Both Democratic and Republican parties are courting former supporters of Ross Perot...
           民主黨和共和黨都在極力拉攏羅斯·佩羅以前的支持者。
    e.g. Stars are courted by manufacturers who value their influence on style-conscious fans.
           生產(chǎn)商競(jìng)相討好明星，他們看重的是明星對(duì)追求時(shí)尚的追星族的影響力。

2. 試圖獲得，追求(關(guān)注或聲望)
    If you court something such as publicity or popularity, you try to attract it.

    e.g. Having spent a lifetime avidly courting publicity, Paul has suddenly become secretive.
           保羅一生都在想方設(shè)法出風(fēng)頭，現(xiàn)在卻突然行事低調(diào)了。
    e.g. ...his ability to get things done, usually by manipulating, courting favour or cleverly finding a way around opponents.
           他的神通廣大通?？堪抵胁倏v、討取恩惠或巧妙地避開對(duì)手等手段

3. 招致，釀成，導(dǎo)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.

court

    e.g. If he thinks he can remain in power by force he is courting disaster...
           如果他認(rèn)為可以通過(guò)武力繼續(xù)掌權(quán)，那他就是在自尋死路。
    e.g. They argue that the commission should risk courting unpopularity and push on with its legislative programmes.
           他們認(rèn)為委員會(huì)應(yīng)該甘冒不受歡迎的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)來(lái)推進(jìn)其立法項(xiàng)目。

4. 追求(異性)；向…求愛;戀愛
    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 .

court

    e.g. I was courting Billy at 19 and married him when I was 21...
           我19歲開始追求比利，21歲嫁給了他。
    e.g. Derek criticised every aspect of Pauline's behaviour, something he had never done when they were courting.
           德里克對(duì)保利娜的行為舉止百般挑剔，戀愛時(shí)他可從沒(méi)這樣做過(guò)。