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| 1 | T to try to impress or please someone because you want them to help you in some way 讨好；向…献殷勤 | politicians courting middle-class voters 试图讨好中产阶级选民的政客 | | Suddenly, she’ s being courted by newspapers and television reporters every night. 突然间，报纸和电视台的记者们每晚都向她献起殷勤来。 | |
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| 2 | T to make special efforts to get something that will benefit you 设法取得；追求 | For years they had been courting influence in Britain’ s major companies. 数年来，他们一直设法在英国大公司中树立影响。 | | court publicity/popularity He courted publicity and then complained about his loss of privacy. 他追求出名，然后又抱怨失去了隐私。 | |
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| 3 | T to behave in a way that is likely to bring a bad result 招致 | court disaster/danger/scandal To ignore her advice would be courting disaster. 忽视她的忠告将会招致灾难。 | |
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| 4 | I/T old-fashioned to have a romantic relationship with someone , especially someone that you get married to later （和…）谈恋爱 |
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