The authors documented an annual drop of as many as 120,000 cases of heart disease, 66,000 instances of stroke and 99,000 heart attacks caused by high blood pressure after a 3-g-per-day reduction in salt.
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
On the other hand,there have been hundreds of thefts and cases of deliberate damaging of public property, which usually involves breaking windows or lights or writing on walls.
出自-2012年6月閱讀原文
In many cases though, the same idea is expressed differently.
出自-2011年12月聽力原文
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特定情況;事例;實(shí)例
A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something.
例句
Surgical training takes at least nine years, or 11 in the case of obstetrics...
外科至少需要9年的專業(yè)訓(xùn)練，產(chǎn)科甚至需要11年。
One of the effects of dyslexia, in my case at least, is that you pay tremendous attention to detail...
誦讀困難的一個(gè)影響就是過分注意細(xì)節(jié)，至少對(duì)我來說是如此。
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病例;案例;問題
A case is a person or their particular problem that a doctor, social worker, or other professional is dealing with.
例句
...the case of a 57-year-old man who had suffered a stroke...
一個(gè)患過中風(fēng)的57歲男子的病例
Some cases of arthritis respond to a gluten-free diet...
無麩質(zhì)飲食對(duì)一些關(guān)節(jié)炎患者有療效。
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境況;狀況;情形
If you say that someone is a sad case or a hopeless case, you mean that they are in a sad situation or a hopeless situation.
例句
I knew I was going to make it — that I wasn't a hopeless case.
我就知道自己能挺過去——我還沒到山窮水盡的地步。
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案件;案子
A case is a crime or mystery that the police are investigating.
例句
The police have several suspects in the case of five murders committed in Gainesville, Florida...
警方就佛羅里達(dá)州蓋恩斯維爾的5起謀殺案已經(jīng)鎖定了幾名犯罪嫌疑人。
Mr. Hitchens said you have solved some very unusual cases.
希欽斯先生說您破過一些非常離奇的案子。
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(用以證明或反駁的)事實(shí)，根據(jù)，理由
The case for or against a plan or idea consists of the facts and reasons used to support it or oppose it.
例句
He sat there while I made the case for his dismissal...
他坐在那兒，聽我陳述解雇他的理由。
Both these facts strengthen the case against hanging...
這兩項(xiàng)事實(shí)使反對(duì)絞刑的理由更加充分。
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官司;訴訟;訟案
In law, a case is a trial or other legal inquiry.
例句
It can be difficult for public figures to win a libel case...
公眾人物想打贏誹謗官司可能會(huì)很難。
The case was brought by his family, who say their reputation has been damaged by allegations about him.
這起訴訟是他的家人提起的，他們稱有關(guān)他的指控?fù)p害了他們的名譽(yù)。
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（表示補(bǔ)充的內(nèi)容比前述更重要，且支持或糾正前述）不管怎樣，再者
You say in any case when you are adding something which is more important than what you have just said, but which supports or corrects it.
例句
The concert was booked out, and in any case, most of the people gathered in the square could not afford the price of a ticket.
音樂會(huì)門票已經(jīng)預(yù)訂一空，再者，聚在廣場上的人多數(shù)也買不起票。
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（強(qiáng)調(diào)后面的陳述至關(guān)重要或十分肯定）不管怎樣，無論如何
You say in any case after talking about things that you are not sure about, to emphasize that your next statement is the most important thing or the thing that you are sure about.
例句
Either he escaped, or he came to grief. In any case, he was never seen again.
他要么逃掉了，要么遭到了不測。不管怎么樣，反正再也沒有人見過他。
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以備；以防;免得
If you do something in case or just in case a particular thing happens, you do it because that thing might happen.
例句
In case anyone was following me, I made an elaborate detour...
為了防止有人跟蹤我，我特地繞了彎路。
Extra boiling water should be kept at hand just in case it is needed.
身邊應(yīng)多準(zhǔn)備一些開水，以備不時(shí)之需。
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以備;以防;以免
If you do something or have something in case of a particular thing, you do it or have it because that thing might happen or be true.
例句
Many shops along the route have been boarded up in case of trouble.
沿途很多商店的門窗都用木板封上了，以防不測。
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(表示不耐煩地陳述顯而易見或與聽話人無關(guān)的事情)竟然，難道，假使
You use in case in expressions like 'in case you didn't know' or 'in case you've forgotten' when you are telling someone in a rather irritated way something that you think is either obvious or none of their business.
例句
She's nervous about something, in case you didn't notice...
她正為了什么事神經(jīng)緊張，你連這個(gè)都沒看出來？
'I'm waiting for Mary Ann,' she said, 'in case you're wondering.'
“我在等瑪麗·安，”她說，“要是你想知道的話。”
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那樣的話;在那種情況下
You say in that case or in which case to indicate that what you are going to say is true if the possible situation that has just been mentioned actually exists.
例句
Perhaps you've some doubts about the attack. In that case it may interest you to know that Miss Woods witnessed it...
你也許對(duì)這起襲擊還有些懷疑。那么如果我告訴你伍茲小姐親眼目睹了這起事件，你可能會(huì)感興趣。
Members are concerned that a merger might mean higher costs, in which case they would oppose it.
成員們擔(dān)心合并會(huì)導(dǎo)致成本提高，若是那樣的話，他們將提出反對(duì)。
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以防萬一
You can say that you are doing something just in case to refer vaguely to the possibility that a thing might happen or be true, without saying exactly what it is.
例句
I guess we've already talked about this but I'll ask you again just in case.
我想我們已經(jīng)談過這個(gè)問題了，不過為了以防萬一，我再問你一次。
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無論情況如何；無論怎樣
You say as the case may be or whatever the case may be to indicate that the statement you are making applies equally to the two or more alternatives that you have mentioned.
例句
They know how everything works — or doesn't work, as the case may be.
他們了解一切是如何運(yùn)作的，或者為何出差錯(cuò)，無論是哪種情況，他們都很清楚。
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(是)…的問題;(是)…的事
If you say that a task or situation is a case of a particular thing, you mean that it consists of that thing or can be described as that thing.
例句
It's a case of relaxing, then playing...
應(yīng)該是先放松，然后再玩。
It's not a case of whether anyone would notice or not.
這不是會(huì)不會(huì)有人注意到的問題。
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典型的例子;恰當(dāng)?shù)睦C
If you say that something is a case in point, you mean that it is a good example of something you have just mentioned.
例句
In many cases religious persecution is the cause of people fleeing their country. A case in point is colonial India.
很多情況下，宗教迫害是導(dǎo)致人們逃奔異國他鄉(xiāng)的原因。一個(gè)典型的例子是殖民統(tǒng)治時(shí)期的印度。
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是這樣;是這種情況
If you say that something is the case, you mean that it is true or correct.
例句
You'll probably notice her having difficulty swallowing. If this is the case, give her plenty of liquids...
你可能會(huì)注意到她吞咽有困難。要是這樣的話，讓她多吃流食。
Consumers had hoped the higher prices would mean more goods in stores. But that was not the case.
消費(fèi)者本來以為，物價(jià)上漲了，店里的商品會(huì)增多;但是情況并非如此。
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著手處理;正在解決
If you say that someone is on the case, you mean that they are aware of a particular problem and are trying to resolve it.
例句
The CompuServe management is on the case now, and it looks as if things will return to normal soon.
CompuServe在線服務(wù)公司的管理層正在處理這個(gè)問題，看樣子，要不了多久，一切就能恢復(fù)正常。