court

noun

法律 law

1. 法院；法庭；审判庭
   the place where legal trials take place and where crimes, etc. are judged
   1. the civil/criminal courts
      民事 / 刑事法庭
   2. Her lawyer made a statement outside the court.
      她的律师在法庭外面发表了一份声明。
   3. She will appear in court tomorrow.
      她明天出庭。
   4. 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。
   5. 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。
   6. 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。
   7. He won the court case and was awarded damages.
      他胜诉得到了赔偿金。
   8. She can't pay her tax and is facing court action .
      她缴不起税，将面临法庭诉讼。
   9. The case was settled out of court (= a decision was reached without a trial) .
      这案件已庭外和解。
2. 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
   1. Please tell the court what happened.
      请向法庭陈述事情的经过。

体育运动 for sport

3. （网球等的）球场
   a place where games such as tennis are played
   1. a tennis/squash/badminton court
      网球 / 壁球 / 羽毛球场
   2. He won after only 52 minutes on court .
      他上场仅52分钟就赢得了胜利。

国王；女王 kings/queens

4. 王宫；宫殿；宫廷
   the official place where kings and queens live
   1. the court of Queen Victoria
      维多利亚女王的宫廷
5. 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

建筑物 buildings

建筑物 buildings

6. （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. 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
   1. the food court at the shopping mall
      大型购物中心的食品区

verb

试图取悦 try to please

1. （为有所求，尤指寻求支持而）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.
   1. 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。

试图得到 try to get

2. 试图获得；博得
   to try to obtain sth
   1. He has never courted popularity.
      他从不追求名望。

招致灾祸 invite sth bad

3. 招致，酿成，导致（不愉快的事）
   to do sth that might result in sth unpleasant happening
   1. to court danger/death/disaster
      招致危险 / 死亡 / 灾难
   2. As a politician he has often courted controversy.
      作为政治人物，他常常招致争议。

建立感情 have relationship

4. （向女子）求爱，求婚
   if a man courts a woman, he spends time with her and tries to make her love him, so that they can get married
5. 恋爱
   to have a romantic relationship before getting married
   1. 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。

NOUN USES 名词用法

1. N-COUNT 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.
   1. 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！
   2. ...a county court judge...
      县法院的法官
   3. 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。
   4. 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。
2. N-COUNT 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 .
   1. 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。
3. N-COUNT (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.
   1. The hotel has several tennis and squash courts...
      该酒店有几个网球场和壁球场。
   2. 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。
4. N-COUNT 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.
   1. 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。
   2. Their family was certainly well regarded at court.
      他们家族在宫廷中无疑颇受敬重。
5. N-IN-NAMES (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.
   1. ...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
6. See also: Crown Court High Court kangaroo court
7. PHRASE （对…）提起诉讼
   If you go to court or take someone to court, you take legal action against them.
   1. 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。
   2. ...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
8. 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.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
9. PHRASE (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.
   1. ...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
10. PHRASE (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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
11. PHRASE 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.
    1. 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。
    2. ...a payment of two million pounds in an out of court settlement.
       经庭外和解支付200万英镑

VERB USES 动词用法

1. VERB (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.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
2. VERB 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.
   1. 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。
   2. ...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
3. VERB 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.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
4. V-RECIP 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 .
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
   3. ...an isolated spot popular with courting couples.
      热恋情侣们都喜欢去的僻静之所

1. The international court of justice might be a suitable place to adjudicate claims.
   国际法庭或许是对所有权作出裁决的合适之地。
2. The Court of Appeal upheld the appellants 'convictions.
   上诉法院维持了对上诉人的原判。
3. A court in Berlin has dropped the charges against him, clearing the way for him to leave Germany.
   柏林的一个法庭今天撤销了对他的指控，这样他就可以离开德国了。
4. 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！
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. The hotel has several tennis and squash courts
   该酒店有几个网球场和壁球场。
8. 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。
9. 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。
10. Their family was certainly well regarded at court.
    他们家族在宫廷中无疑颇受敬重。
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. 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。
15. 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。
16. 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。
17. 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。
18. 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。
19. 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。
20. 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。
21. 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。
22. The government has instituted a court of inquiry to look into the allegations.
    政府已成立了调查法庭来调查这些指控。
23. This would help the prosecutor gather evidence against him which could be used in court.
    这将有利于控方律师搜集对他不利的证据以在法庭上指控他。
24. In 1991, the Court of Appeal overruled this decision
    1991年，上诉法院驳回了这一判决。
25. His nine-month sentence was overturned by Appeal Court judge Lord Justice Watkins.
    上诉法院法官沃特金斯撤销了对他作出的9个月徒刑的判决。
26. The court rejected their petition.
    法庭驳回了他们的上诉。
27. The campaigners held a sit-in outside the Supreme Court.
    运动参与者在最高法院门外举行了静坐示威。
28. The crown court, however, upheld the magistrate's decision.
    然而，最高法院维持了地方法院的判决。

  playground court gymnasium stadium【导航词义：运动场】

  playground n. 操场；游乐场

〔辨析〕指学校的运动场或公园内供儿童活动的游戏场地。

  court n. 球场

〔辨析〕多指网球、羽毛球、壁球等运动的露天或室内场地。

  gymnasium n. 体育馆，健身房

〔辨析〕指备有健身器材的锻炼场馆，常缩写为 gym。

  stadium n. 体育场，运动场

〔辨析〕指设有观众席的大型体育场，常用于举办体育赛事、音乐会、演唱会等。

n.

hold court (with sb)

• （讲趣闻或笑话）使人快乐，逗人乐
  to entertain people by telling them interesting or funny things

rule/throw sth out of court

• （尤指在法庭上）指明完全错误，不予考虑，不予受理
  to say that sth is completely wrong or not worth considering, especially in a trial
  1. The charges were thrown out of court.
     这些指控未予受理。
  2. Well that's my theory ruled out of court.
     唉，那就是我遭到摒弃的意见。

the ball is in your/sb's court

• （球已经丢给你了）下一步就看你的了
  it is your/sb's responsibility to take action next
  1. They've offered me the job, so the ball's in my court now.
     他们已答应把那份工作给我，下一步就看我怎么办了。

laugh sb/sth out of court

• 对（某主意、说法等）一笑置之；置之不理；不屑一顾
  to completely reject an idea, a story, etc. that you think is not worth taking seriously at all

pay court to sb

• 献殷勤；奉迎；讨好
  to treat sb with great respect in order to gain favour with them

noun

1. respectful deference
   1. pay court to the emperor

   Synonym:    homage

2. an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings
   1. the house was built around an inner court

   Synonym:    courtyard

3. a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played
   1. players had to reserve a court in advance

4. a room in which a lawcourt sits
   1. television cameras were admitted in the courtroom

   Synonym:    courtroom

5. the residence of a sovereign or nobleman
   1. the king will visit the duke's court

6. a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws

   Synonym:    lawcourtcourt of lawcourt of justice

7. a hotel for motorists

   Synonym:    motor hotelmotor innmotor lodgetourist court

8. the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state

   Synonym:    royal court

9. the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince

   Synonym:    royal court

10. an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business

    Synonym:    tribunaljudicature

verb

1. make amorous advances towards
   1. John is courting Mary

   Synonym:    wooromancesolicit

2. engage in social activities leading to marriage
   1. We were courting for over ten years

3. seek someone's favor
   1. China is wooing Russia

   Synonym:    woo