1 [C,U] a place where legal trials take place and crimes, etc are judged 法庭;法院:
A man has been charged and will appear in court tomorrow.有一名男子被起诉,明天出庭。Bill's company are refusing to pay him so he's decided to take them to court.比尔的公司拒绝付他工资,所以他决定控告他们。
2the court [sing] the people in a court, especially those taking part in the trial 法庭内的人(尤指参与审判者):
Please tell the court exactly what you saw.请你把当时看见的确切情况告诉本庭。
3 [C,U] an area where certain ball games are played (某些球类活动的)场地:
a tennis/squash/badminton court网球╱壁球╱羽毛球场☞Compare pitch ¹. 与pitch^1比较。
court²
/kɔ:t ||; kɔrt/verb[T]
1 to try to gain sb's support by paying special attention to him/her 取悦;讨好:
Politicians from all parties will be courting voters this week.所有政党都会在本周设法赢得选民支持。
2 to do sth that might have a very bad effect 招惹;招致:
Britain is courting ecological disaster if it continues to dump waste in the North Sea.如果英国继续把废物倾倒在北海,就会惹来生态灾难。
court1/kɔrt; kɔːt/n 1 [C,U] the people who make a legal judgment, for example about whether someone is guilty of a crime, or the place where these judgments are made 全体审判人员﹔法庭﹔法院: the European Court of Justice 欧洲法院The court decided that West was guilty. 法院裁定韦斯特有罪。a court of law 法院The court case lasted six weeks. 这个诉讼案持续了六星期。If they don’t pay, we’ll take them to court (=bring a legal case against them). 要是他们不付钱的话﹐我们就把他们告上法院。He will appear in court today, charged with murder. 他被控谋杀﹐今天将要出庭受审。TOPIC 主题In court, the person who is accused of committing a crime is called the defendant . The defendant's lawyers, who are called the defence BrE /the defense AmE , try to prove that the defendant is not guilty . The prosecution try to prove that the defendant is guilty . The judge and a jury listen to testimony and examine evidence in order to decide if the defendant is guilty or not guilty. Their decision is called the verdict . 法庭上被控犯罪的人叫作被告(defendant)。 辩护律师(the defence【英】/ the defense【美】)力图证明被告无罪(not guilty)。控方(prosecution)力图证明被告有罪(guilty)。法官(judge)和陪审团(jury)听取证词(testimony)﹑审查证据(evidence)﹐以裁定被告是否有罪。他们作出的裁定叫做 verdict。2 [C] an area made for playing games such as tennis on〔网球等的〕球场: a squash court 壁球场on court The players are due on court in an hour. 球员一小时后上场。see box at见 SPORT1 方框3 [C] a) the place where a king or queen lives and works 宫廷: the royal courts of Europe 欧洲的皇家宫廷b) the king or queen, their family, and their friends, advisers etc 王室人员﹔王宫人员: Court officials denied the rumours. 王宫大臣否认了传言。
court2v 1 [T] to try to please someone so that they will support you 讨好: Both parties are courting young voters. 两党都在讨好年轻选民。2 old-fashioned be courting if a man and a woman are courting, they are having a romantic relationship and may get married【过时】恋爱 3 court disaster to do something that is likely to have very unpleasant results 招惹灾难
courtcourtcourtscourtedcourtingnoun1the place where a judge or a group of people (called a jury) decide if a person has done something wrong, and what the punishment will be: The man will appear in court tomorrow.2a piece of ground where you can play certain sports: a tennis courta basketball courtLook at the note at pitch.