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| 1 | C an example or instance of something 事例；实例 |
| +of a serious case of nerves 严重的神经性病例 |
| | 1a | an instance of a disease 病例 | | +of a bad case of food poisoning 严重的食物中毒病例 | |
| | 1b | a person with a disease 病人 | | He treated several cases of severe sunburn. 他治疗过好几位被太阳严重灼伤的病人。 | |
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| 2 | C usually singular a situation or set of conditions, especially one involving a particular person or thing （尤指涉及特定之人或事的）情况，状况 |
| I think we can make an exception in your case. 我认为我们可以对你的情况例外处理。 |
| be the case This was the case in the past, but now life is different. 过去是那样，但现在生活不同了。 |
| if that’ s the case If that’ s the case, I’ m not surprised he was angry. 如果是那样的话，他生气我就不觉得奇怪了。 |
| it is the case that Isn’ t it the case that they’ re afraid of change? 他们害怕变化，难道不是吗？ |
| it’ s a case of It really is a case of ‘no news is good news’ . 这真是“没消息就是好消息”。 |
| in that case ‘I don’ t need it tonight.’ ‘In that case, I’ ll keep it until tomorrow.’ “我今晚不用。”“那样的话，我就留到明天。” |
| in which case They had the choice to comply with the conditions, in which case the bombing would have stopped. 他们可以选择顺从实际情况，这样的话轰炸本来是可以阻止的。 |
| as is the case Often, as is the case for these families, there is no other source of support. 在许多情况下，就像这些家庭那样，没有其他资助来源。 |
| | 2a | used for saying that either of two things may be true , depending on the actual situation 视具体情况而定 | | An important consideration is the candidates’ experience, or lack of it, as the case may be. 要考虑的重要一点是求职者的工作经验，或者是工作经验的缺乏。 | |
| | 2b | according to the particular facts relating to each situation 根据具体情况 | | The only thing we can do is to negotiate on a case by case basis. 我们唯一能做的就是视具体情况进行谈判。 | |
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| 3 | C a legal matter that will be decided in a court （诉讼）案件，官司 |
| a civil/criminal case 民事/刑事案件 |
| The case involved charges of police corruption. 这个案子涉及到对警察腐败的起诉。 |
| a murder/rape/libel case A number of libel cases were taken to the Court of Appeal. 数起诽谤案都被提交到上诉法院。 |
| +against He was confident the case against him would be dropped. 他深信对他的起诉最终会被撤回。 |
| win/lose a case He would do anything to win a case. 为了打赢官司他会无所不为。 |
| | 3a | a crime that the police are trying to solve （有待侦查、审理的）犯罪案件 | | At least a dozen officers are investigating the murder case. 至少有12名警察在调查这起谋杀案。 | |
| | 3b | the evidence and arguments that one side can use against the other in a law court （诉讼一方提出的）证据，论点 | | the case for the prosecution/the defence Mr Scott informed the judge that he had completed the case for the prosecution. 斯科特先生告诉法官他已经陈述完毕控方观点。 | | have a case (=have a chance of winning) The lawyers told me I didn’ t have a case. 有获胜的可能 | |
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| 4 | C a set of facts and arguments that you can state for or against something 事实；根据 |
| This strengthens the case of those who argue that the UK should have a Bill of Rights. 这为那些认为英国应当有“人权法案”的人提供了有力的证据。 |
| +for/against There is a strong case for government intervention. 政府干预有充足的理由。 |
| state your case She was being offered a chance to state her case. 她得到一个陈述事实的机会。 |
| make (out) a case for sth Calvin makes a good case for this unpopular policy in his article. 卡尔文在文章里充分阐述了这一政策不受欢迎的理由。 |
| A case can be made for reducing taxes right now. 现在正是减税的最佳时机。 |
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| 5 | C a situation or person to be dealt with , often by an official （常指官员要处理的）状况，工作对象 |
| reports of cases of neglected and abused children 关于无人照管儿童和受虐待儿童状况的报道 |
| Each social worker was assigned 30 cases. 给每位社会工作者分配了30个照顾对象。 |
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| 6 | C a container or cover for keeping or protecting something 容器；套；罩；箱；盒；壳；鞘 |
| Have you seen my glasses’ case anywhere? 你看见我的眼镜盒了吗？ |
| The paintings were shipped in large wooden cases. 那些油画都是用大木箱运送的。 |
| | 6a | a piece of furniture made of wood and glass in which objects are shown in a shop or museum 橱窗 | |
| | 6b | a container for holding a large number of separate things, especially bottles, or the things in the container （尤指盛放瓶子的）箱子；箱子里的东西 | | +of We bought a case of wine. 我们买了一箱酒。 | |
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| 7 | C/U linguistics a form of a noun , adjective , or pronoun in some languages that shows its relationship to other words in a sentence 格（一些语言中名词、形容词或代词等的一种形式，表明其与句中其他词的关系） |
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| - | a case in point
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| an example of the situation or behaviour that you are talking about |
| 合适的例子 |
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| Shoppers tend to think that high prices mean high quality. Electrical goods are a case in point. 购物者通常认为高价意味着高质量，电器就是一个很好的例子。 |
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| - | get off sb’ s case spoken
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| to stop criticizing someone |
| 停止批评某人 |
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| - | in any case
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| 1 | whatever the situation is or will be 无论如何；总之 | Traffic may be bad, but in any case we’ ll be there in time for dinner. 交通可能不好，但无论如何，我们都会准时赴宴。 | |
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| 2 | used for adding information to support a statement or make it clearer 不管怎么说 | Nobody saw her on the train. In any case, she probably didn’ t have enough money for a ticket. 谁也没有看到她在火车上。不管怎么说，她很可能没有足够的钱买票。 | |
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| - | in case
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| 1 | in order to be prepared for something that may happen 万一；以防 | Take an umbrella in case it rains. 带上雨伞以防下雨。 | | just in case I’ ll make some sandwiches, just in case we get hungry later on. 我会做些三明治，以防一会儿我们肚子饿。 | | +of In case of bad weather, the wedding will be held indoors. 万一下雨，婚礼将在室内举行。 | |
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| 2 | used for explaining why you are doing something 也许，说不定（用于解释为何做某事） | In case you were wondering, I’ m here to see your brother, not you. 也许你会感到奇怪，可我来这儿是看你哥哥而不是看你。 | |
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| 3 | MAINLY AMERICAN if 假使；如果 | In case you can’ t come, give me a call before I leave for work. 如果你来不了，在我去上班之前给我打个电话。 | |
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| - | on sb’ s case spoken
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| criticizing someone all the time |
| 不停地批评某人 |
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| - | on the case
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| dealing with something |
| 正在处理某事 |
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| ‘Who’ s finding out about the hotel?’ ‘Don’ t worry, Jane’ s on the case.’ “谁去找旅馆了？”“别担心，简在负责这事。” |
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