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| 1 | C/U a place where trials take place and legal cases are decided , especially in front of a judge and a jury or a magistrate 法庭；法院 |
| in court The letter was read aloud in court. 这封信在法庭上被大声读出。 |
| appear in court Duggan will appear in court on Monday. 达根将于星期一出庭。 |
| | 1a | singular the people in a court , especially the judge and jury 全体出庭人员（尤指法官和陪审团） | | A police officer told the court that he had seen Brown leaving the house. 一名警官告诉法庭他看见布朗离开那座房子。 | | the evidence before the court (=being considered by the court) 呈送给法庭的证据 | |
| | 1b | done by a court or relating to a court 法庭的 | | They are dropping their court case against him. 他们正打算撤回对他的起诉。 | | She got a court injunction banning her husband from her home. 她得到了法院禁止她丈夫回她家的禁止令。 | |
| | 1c | U used for referring to the process of taking a legal action against someone （用于表达起诉某人） | | go to court (=begin a court case) She threatened to go to court if he did not pay up. 上法庭 | | take sb to court (=begin a case against someone) Lynn took her employers to court for compensation. 把某人送上法庭 | | come to court (=start to be discussed in court) It took five years for the case to come to court. 开始审理 | | settle out of court (=agree to pay someone in order to avoid a court case) Mr Lodge settled out of court for £50,000. 庭外和解 | |
| | 1d | plural the system of courts that decide legal cases 法院裁决 | | You can always try to get your money back through the courts. 你总能通过法院裁决要回你的钱。 | | The courts ruled that the company are entitled to make a fair profit. 庭审判定该公司有权赚取合理的利润。 | |
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| 2 | C an area marked with lines where some sports are played, such as tennis and squash （网球、壁球等的）球场 |
| tennis/squash/basketball/badminton court The hotel has two tennis courts. 这家宾馆有两个网球场。 |
| on court The players had been on court for over two hours. 选手们已经在场上打了两个多小时。 |
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| 3 | C/U the place where a king or queen lives and works 王宫；宫廷 |
| | 3a | singular a king or queen , together with their family and their servants, advisers etc 王室成员 | | an influential member of the court of Henry VIII 亨利八世王室中一个有影响力的成员 | |
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| 4 | Court used in the names of large houses or blocks of flats …大楼，…公寓（用于大房子或公寓区的名称） |
| They live at 27 Mallory Court. 他们住在马洛里大楼27 号。 |
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| 5 | C a courtyard |
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| - | hold court humorous
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| to talk to a group of people who are all paying you a lot of attention because you are interesting , funny , or important |
| 接待仰慕者 |
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| - | pay court to sb very formal
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| to give someone a lot of attention in order to impress them or make them like you |
| 讨好某人；对某人献殷勤 |
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