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N-COUNT
法院;法庭;審判庭
A court is a place where legal matters are decided by a judge and jury or by a magistrate.
例句
At this rate, we could find ourselves in the divorce courts!
照這樣下去，我們會為離婚鬧上法院！
...a county court judge...
縣法院的法官
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全體出庭人員;(尤指)全體審判人員
You can refer to the people in a court, especially the judge, jury, or magistrates, as a court .
例句
A court at Tampa, Florida has convicted five officials on drugs charges.
佛羅里達州坦帕市法庭判決5名官員的毒品交易罪名成立。
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N-COUNT
(網球、籃球、羽毛球或壁球等的)球場
A court is an area in which you play a game such as tennis, basketball, badminton, or squash.
例句
The hotel has several tennis and squash courts...
該酒店有幾個網球場和壁球場。
She watched a few of the games while waiting to go on court.
她在等待上場時觀看了幾場比賽。
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N-COUNT
王宮;宮殿;宮廷
The court of a king or queen is the place where he or she lives and carries out ceremonial or administrative duties.
例句
She came to visit England, where she was presented at the court of James I...
她來到英國訪問，在詹姆士一世的王宮受到了接見。
Their family was certainly well regarded at court.
他們家族在宮廷中無疑頗受敬重。
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N-IN-NAMES
(用于大型宅第和公寓街區的名稱中)宅第，宅邸，公寓大樓
In Britain, Court is used in the names of large houses and blocks of flats.
例句
...7 Ivebury Court, Latimer Rd, London W10 6RA.
倫敦西區10號第6街區拉蒂默路艾夫伯里7號公寓大樓
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PHRASE
（對…）提起訴訟
If you go to court or take someone to court, you take legal action against them.
例句
They have received at least twenty thousand pounds each but had gone to court to demand more.
他們每人至少已經得到了兩萬英鎊，但仍然向法庭提出訴訟要求獲得更多。
...members of trade associations who want to take bad debtors to court.
那些想要把無力償付的債務人告上法庭的同業公會成員
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V PHR
發表意見的機會
Your day in court is your chance to give your side of an argument or other matter.
例句
He knew that this would be his day in court — his last chance to explain why he acted as he did...
他知道這是他為自己辯解的機會，是他能夠解釋自己為何如此行事的最后機會。
We knew from the very beginning that it was a question of freedom of speech. All we wanted was our day in court.
我們從一開始就知道這是言論自由的問題。我們只要求有發表意見的機會。
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PHRASE
(因為有趣或出名)引人注目，被人圍觀
If someone holds court in a place, they are surrounded by a lot of people who are paying them a lot of attention because they are interesting or famous.
例句
...in the days when Marlene Dietrich and Ernest Hemingway held court in the famous El Floridita club.
當馬琳·黛德麗和歐內斯特·海明威在埃爾·佛羅利迪達俱樂部名噪一時的時候
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PHRASE
(因觀點或想法可笑而)對…一笑置之，對…不予考慮
If you laugh someone out of court, you say that their opinions or ideas are so ridiculous that they are not worth considering.
例句
It's easy for a younger generation of critics to laugh Limon out of court...
年輕一代的批評家很容易對利蒙的觀點一笑置之。
Polytechnic lecturers have asked for 12.5 per cent, a claim sure to be laughed out of court.
理工學校的講師要求12.5%，這一要求肯定不會予以考慮。
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PHRASE
庭外;不經法院
If a legal matter is decided or settled out of court, it is decided without legal action being taken in a court of law.
例句
The Government is anxious to keep the whole case out of court.
政府迫切希望整件事能夠在庭外解決。
...a payment of two million pounds in an out of court settlement.
經庭外和解支付200萬英鎊