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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++court1 /kɔːt $ kɔːrt/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 1 for deciding about a legal case 判案 [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 法院，法庭；全体审判人员 It could not be proved in a court of law. 这无法在法庭上证实。 The court case lasted six weeks. 这场诉讼持续了六个星期。 Four people will appear in court today, charged with fraud. 今天将有四个人因被指控犯有欺诈罪出庭受审。 The court ruled that no compensation was due. 法庭判决不予赔偿。 She threatened to take the magazine to court (=take legal action against them) if they didn’t publish an immediate apology. 她威胁说如果这家杂志不立刻刊登道歉声明，她就要把他们告上法庭。2 for playing a sport 进行体育活动 [countable]DS an area made for playing games such as tennis 〔网球等的〕球场 → field, pitchsquash/tennis/basketball etc court Can you book a squash court for tomorrow? 你能不能预订一个壁球场明天打球？on court The players are due on court in an hour. 选手们一小时后上场。 →4 See picture on 见图 Page A10 Sports centre 体育运动中心 →5 see picture at 见图 tennis3 king/queen 国王/王后 a) PGOTBB[countable] the place where a king or queen lives and works 宫廷 the royal courts of Europe 欧洲皇家宫廷 b) PGO the court the king, queen, their family, and their friends, advisers etc 王室人员；王宫人员 Several members of the court were under suspicion. 几名王室成员有嫌疑。 There was a taste in court circles for romantic verse. 宫廷里爱好情诗。 Court officials denied the rumours. 宫廷官员否认了这些传言。4 hold court formalTALK/MAKE A SPEECH to speak in an interesting, amusing, or forceful way so that people gather to listen 吸引人群hold court to Dylan was holding court upstairs to a group of fans. 迪伦在楼上吸引了一群歌迷。5. pay court to somebody ATTENTION old-fashioned to give someone a lot of attention to try and make them like you 向某人献殷勤，讨好某人6. area next to a building 建筑物附近的区域 [countable] a courtyard 庭院，院子 → the ball is in somebody’s court at ball1(7), → be laughed out of court at laugh1(6), → food court COLLOCATIONSphrasesa court of law 法庭You may be asked to give evidence before a court of law. 可能会要求你在法庭上出示证据。court + NOUNa court case (=a problem or crime that is dealt with in a court of law) 诉讼案件a recent court case involving the death of a baby 最近涉及一名婴儿死亡的诉讼案件a court order (=an instruction that someone must do something) 法庭指令A court order specified that the money must be paid back over six months. 法庭指令明确说明这笔钱六个月内必须偿还。a court ruling (=an official decision) 法庭判决The company appealed against the court ruling. 公司对法庭判决提起上诉。court action (=a court case) 诉讼案件He was threatened with court action. 他受到威胁说要把他告上法庭。court proceedings (=the processes that are part of a court case) 审判程序The court proceedings were over in a day. 法庭审判一天结束。verbsgo to court (=take legal action) 上法院,打官司The costs of going to court are very high. 打官司的费用非常高。take somebody to court (=take legal action against someone) 把某人告上法庭She took the company to court for sex discrimination. 她以性别歧视为由把公司告上法庭。bring somebody/something to court (also bring somebody/something before a court) 把某人/某物提交法庭审理Three teenage girls were brought before the court for robbing an elderly woman. 三名少女因抢劫一名老妪被带上法庭受审。appear in court 出庭A man has appeared in court charged with cruelty to animals. 一名男子因被起诉虐待动物而出庭受审。a case comes to court/comes before the court 案件被送到法庭审理The case came to court 21 months later. 21个月以后这起案件被送到法庭审理。a court hears a case 法院审理[聆讯]案件The county court will hear the case next month. 郡法院将于下月审理此案。settle something out of court (=reach an agreement without using a court) 庭外解决某事,对某事达成庭外和解nThe matter was finally settled out of court.a court rules/orders/holds something 法院判决某事The court ruled that the penalty was not excessive. 法院判决量刑没有过重。a court clears/acquits somebody (=says that they are not guilty) 法庭宣判某人无罪nA US court cleared him of bribery allegations.a court convicts somebody (=says that they are guilty) 法庭宣判某人有罪nA New York court convicted her as a tax cheat.a court upholds something (=says that an earlier decision was right) 法庭维持某案件的原判nIt seems likely that the court will uphold his conviction.a court quashes/overturns something (=says that an earlier decision was wrong) 法庭推翻某案件的原判nA 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) 法庭延期审理案件nThe court adjourned the trial until June 21st.a court dismisses/throws out something (=refuses to allow or consider something) 法庭驳回某案件nThe court dismissed his appeal against conviction.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + courta criminal court (=for cases about crime) 刑事法庭Two French magistrates ruled that he should stand trial in a criminal court. 两名法国治安法官判他应该接受刑事法庭的审判。a civil court (=for cases about disagreements) 民事法庭nEviction proceedings take place in a civil court.a Crown Court (=a British court for cases about serious crimes) 〔英国的〕刑事法庭nThe defendant went to the Crown Court for sentencing.a High Court (=an important court, with more power than an ordinary court) 高等法院nTheir 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) 上诉法庭nThe appeals court rejected the defence’s argument.the Supreme Court (=the most important court in some countries or US states) 最高法院nThomas was the only African-American justice on the Supreme Court.a federal court (=a national court rather than a state court) 联邦法院a county court (=a local court) 郡法院；县法院a magistrates’ court (=a court in each area in England and Wales that deals with less serious crimes) 治安法庭a kangaroo court (=an unofficial court that punishes people unfairly) “袋鼠法庭”，私设的法庭The army reportedly held kangaroo courts and executed alleged rebels. 据报道，军队私设法庭，处决被指控的叛乱者。n 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
Examples from the Corpus
court• The next step is for the lessor to make a court application to obtain an order for possession.• Even physical access to a court hearing was not guaranteed.• Now the company was in the soup, and its attorneys promptly removed the case to the federal court.• And yet another plot twist was aired in court Wednesday.• Benton appeared in court yesterday on three charges of assault.• He had been present in court when sentence was passed and the fact of his contempt was never in issue.• the United States Supreme Court• The new leisure complex has a sauna, jacuzzi, swimming pool and tennis courts.• After the hearing, as the vans taking the boys from the court emerged the crowd exploded with anger.• A group of photographers and reporters gathered outside the court.• There was a large crowd of reporters gathered outside the court.• The court heard Edmunds initially took 10 percent of the earnings but with nothing for the Sunsets.• The courts ought, therefore, simply to decline jurisdiction in such matters.• The courts are floodlit at night so that you can play all the year round.• She says she will go to court to try to prove that she was unfairly dismissed from her job.• a volleyball courttake ... to court• As a result of this incident, Mailloux was dismissed and took his case to court.• I got arrested in the evening and they kept me in and took me to court the next day.• Corrupt insiders should be taken to court, not thrown aside by presidents as electoral bargaining chips.• Taylor received their unexpected visits, notices arrived in the mail informing them that they were being taken to court.• Groups with a grievance could take their cases to court.• Any man who has taken his brothers to court three times since 1980 must have a cutting edge to his personality.• As a result, the school penalized the student publishers, and they took their case to court.• He was going to take them to court, declare them perverts, unfit to raise a child.squash/tennis/basketball etc court• Sports facilities include a swimming pool and 4 tennis courts.• There is also a children's pool, shops and a tennis court.• There would be room for a tennis court, too.• There's a delightful promenade beside the river, a network of walks and rambles plus tennis courts and a mini-golf course.• Joseph's father was reinforcing the posts that held up the wire netting around the tennis court.• A large, blue divider splits the gym at the Higgins Middle School into two basketball courts.court2 verb [transitive] 1 TRY TO DO OR GET somethingto try hard to please someone, especially because you want something from them 奉承，讨好 His campaign team have assiduously courted the media. 他的竞选班子竭力讨好媒体。2 court danger/death etc formalRISK to behave in a way that makes danger etc more likely 招致危险/死亡等 To have admitted this would have courted political disaster. 承认了这件事就等于招致政治灾难。3 be courting old-fashioned if a man and a woman are courting, they are having a romantic relationship and may get married 〔男女〕恋爱 That was back in the 1960s when we were courting. 那还是20世纪60年代我们在谈恋爱的时候。4. RELATIONSHIP old-fashioned if a man courts a woman, he spends time being nice to her because he hopes to marry her 〔男子〕向…求爱，追求→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
court• She finally married a gentleman who had been courting her for years.• He is accompanied by Nicholas Frere, who has been courting his sister and whose intrepid, free-spirited demeanour he envies.• But ingratiation is not just about courting popularity.• The whole trade courts psychological flaws.• In the latter, parishioners staked out positions and courted support as though an election loomed.• Politicians are courting voters before the elections.• Of how he had met, courted, wed Constance.From Longman Business Dictionarycourtcourt1 /kɔːtkɔːrt/ noun1the court the people in a court, especially the judge, other officials, and the JURY (=ordinary people who decide certain cases). The phrase is often used when talking about what a judge or jury think or decide about a caseThe court said the defendants had been denied a fair trial.2[countable]LAW a place where all the information concerning a crime or disagreement is given so that it can be judgedThe new laws haven’t yet been tested in court.Sexual harassment is a criminal offense in Germany, but few women complain or go to court (=start the legal process to have a case dealt with in court).Federal authorities are free to take taxpayers to court to collect unpaid taxes.The two sides agreed to settle the case out of court (=without asking the court to make a decision). → Admiralty court → appeal court → bankruptcy court → civil court → commercial court → county court → criminal court → Crown Court → district court → family court → Federal Court → High Court → labour court → mercantile court → small claims court → state court → Supreme Courtcourtcourt2 verb [transitive]1to behave nicely towards someone because you want them to do something for you or you want to get something from themA distinguished chemist, Ed Alexander has been courted by large corporations, but he stays in the classroom doing what he loves - teaching.The EU is being courted by a number of countries putting themselves forward as the best suppliers of energy.2FINANCE if one company courts another, it has discussions with the other company about the possibility of a friendly takeover or MERGER (=combining the companies)While only Daimler-Benz has courted the luxury car company in public, Volkswagen is also said to be interested in buying it.→ See Verb tableOrigin court1 (1200-1300) Old French Latin cohors; → COHORTcourt1 noun →COLLOCATIONS1 →n THESAURUS1court2 verbLDOCE OnlineChinese
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court1 S1 W1 /kɔːt $ kɔːrt/ 
noun1. FOR DECIDING ABOUT A LEGAL CASE [uncountable and countable] 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.
2. FOR PLAYING A SPORT [countable] an area made for playing games such as tennis ⇨ field, pitch
squash/tennis/basketball etc court
Can you book a squash court for tomorrow?
on court
The players are due on court in an hour.
3. KING/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.
4. hold court formal to speak in an interesting, amusing, or forceful way so that people gather to listen
hold court to
Dylan was holding court upstairs to a group of fans.
5. pay court to somebody old-fashioned to give someone a lot of attention to try and make them like you
6. AREA NEXT TO A BUILDING [countable] a courtyard
⇨ the ball is in sb’s court at ball1(7), ⇨ be laughed out of court at laugh1(6), ⇨ food court
■ phrases
▪a court of law You may be asked to give evidence before a court of law.
■ court + NOUN
▪a court case (=a problem or crime that is dealt with in a court of law) a recent court case involving the death of a baby
▪a 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.
■ verbs
▪go 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 + court
▪a 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.
■ In a court
▪defendant the person who is on trial for a crime
▪the defence British English, the defense American English the lawyers who are working for the defendant
▪the prosecution the lawyers who are trying to prove that the defendant is guilty
▪judge the official in charge of a court who decides how criminals should be punished
▪jury a group of people, usually 12 people, who listen to the facts and decide whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty
▪witness someone who describes in a court of law what he or she knows about a crime
▪testimony a formal statement made in a court of law about a particular situation or action
▪verdict the decision of the jury as to whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty
court2 verb [transitive]
1. to try hard to please someone, especially because you want something from them:
His campaign team have assiduously courted the media.
2. court danger/death etc formal to behave in a way that makes danger etc more likely:
To have admitted this would have courted political disaster.
3. be 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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noun1. FOR DECIDING ABOUT A LEGAL CASE [uncountable and countable] 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: 2. FOR PLAYING A SPORT [countable] an area made for playing games such as tennis ⇨ field, pitch
squash/tennis/basketball etc court
on court
3. KING/QUEEN
a. [countable] the place where a king or queen lives and works:
b. the court the king, queen, their family, and their friends, advisers etc:
4. hold court formal to speak in an interesting, amusing, or forceful way so that people gather to listen
hold court to
5. pay court to somebody old-fashioned to give someone a lot of attention to try and make them like you
6. AREA NEXT TO A BUILDING [countable] a courtyard
⇨ the ball is in sb’s court at ball1(7), ⇨ be laughed out of court at laugh1(6), ⇨ food court
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verb [transitive]1. to try hard to please someone, especially because you want something from them:
2. court danger/death etc formal to behave in a way that makes danger etc more likely:
3. be courting old-fashioned if a man and a woman are courting, they are having a romantic relationship and may get married:
4. old-fashioned if a man courts a woman, he spends time being nice to her because he hopes to marry her
All these words can be used to refer to a place where legal trials take place. Court and( court of law usually refer to the actual room where cases are judged.Courtroom is also used for this.Law court ( is more often used to refer to the building.BrE 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。 Courthouse is used for this inNAmE 美式英语用 courthouse 表达此义。
Breaking the law 犯法
break/violate/obey/uphold the law违反／违背／遵守／维护法律 be investigated/arrested/tried for a crime/a robbery/fraud因犯罪／抢劫／诈骗而被调查／逮捕／审判 be arrested/ ( especially
NAmE indicted/convicted on charges of rape/fraud/( felony chargesespecially
因被控犯强奸罪／诈骗罪／重型罪遭逮捕／起诉／定罪 be arrested on suspicion of arson/robbery/shoplifting因涉嫌纵火／抢劫／在商店行窃而被逮捕 be accused of/be charged with murder/( homicide/four counts of fraudespecially
NAmE 被指控犯有谋杀罪／杀人罪／四项诈骗罪 face two charges of indecent assault面临两项猥亵罪的指控 admit your guilt/liability/responsibility (for sth)承认（对某事的）罪责／责任 deny the allegations/claims/charges否认指控 confess to a crime坦白罪行 grant/be refused/be released on/skip/jump bail准许／不准保释；交保释金获释；弃保潜逃
The legal process 法律程序
stand/await/bring sb to/come to/be on trial受审；候审；把某人送交法院审判；开庭审理；受到审判 take sb to/come to/settle sth out of court把某人告上法庭；被法庭受理；庭外和解某事 face/avoid/escape prosecution面临／免于／逃脱起诉 seek/retain/have the right to/be denied access to legal counsel寻求／聘请／有权聘用／无权聘用律师 hold/conduct/attend/adjourn a hearing/trial开庭；出庭；休庭 sit on/influence/persuade/convince the jury担任／影响／说服陪审团 sit/stand/appear/be put/place sb in the dock坐在／站在／出现在／被送上／将某人送上被告席 plead guilty/not guilty to a crime认罪；不认罪 be called to/enter ( the witness boxBrE 被召唤进入／进入证人席 take/put sb on the stand/( the witness standNAmE 出庭作证；让某人出庭作证 call/subpoena/question/cross-examine a witness传唤／以传票传唤／讯问／盘问证人 give/hear the evidence against/on behalf of sb提供／听取对某人不利／有利的证据 raise/withdraw/overrule an objection提出／撤销／否决异议 reach a unanimous/majority verdict作出一致的／多数人赞同的裁决 return/deliver/record a verdict of not guilty/unlawful killing/accidental death作出／宣布无罪／非法杀人／意外死亡的裁决 convict/acquit the defendant of the crime宣判被告有罪／无罪 secure a conviction/your acquittal获得有罪／无罪判决 lodge/file an appeal提出上诉 appeal (against)/challenge/uphold/overturn a conviction/verdict对判决／裁决提出上诉／质疑；维持／撤销判决／裁决
Sentencing and punishment 判刑与惩罚
pass sentence on sb宣布对某人的判决 carry/face/serve a seven-year/life sentence会被判处／面临／服七年徒刑／无期徒刑 receive/be given the death penalty被判死刑 be sentenced to ten years (in prison/jail)被判十年（监禁） carry/impose/pay a fine (of $3 000)/a penalty (of 14 years imprisonment)会被判处／处以／缴纳（3 000 美元的）罚金／（14 年的）监禁 be imprisoned/jailed for drug possession/fraud/murder因持有毒品罪／诈骗罪／谋杀罪被监禁 do/serve time/ten years服刑；服十年徒刑 be sent to/put sb in/be released from jail/prison被送进监狱；把某人送进监狱；被释放出狱 be/put sb/spend X years on death row在／把某人关在死囚牢房；在死囚牢房度过…年 be granted/be denied/break (your) parole获准假释；假释遭拒；违反假释规定
In BrE at school .在英式英语中，at school 表示上学 ：◆ I was at school with her sister. 我和她妹妹过去在同一个学校读书。 In NAmE in school is used.美式英语用 in school 表示 ：◆ I have a ten-year-old in school. 我有个十岁的孩子在上学。 In school inNAmE 美式英语的 in school 亦可表示上大学。
