FOR DECIDING ABOUT A LEGAL CASE 判案, [C,U] the place where a trial is held, or the people there, especially the judge and the jury who examine the evidence and decide whether someone is guilty or not guilty

法院，法庭; 全体审判人员

A crowd of reporters had gathered outside the court.

一群记者聚集在法庭外。

It could not be proved in a court of law .

在法庭上无法证明这一点。

The court case lasted six weeks.

这场诉讼持续了六个星期。

Four people will appear in court today, charged with fraud.

今天将有四个人因被指控犯有欺诈罪出庭受审。

I'd rather resolve our differences without going to court .

我不希望上法庭来解决我们的分歧。

She threatened to take the magazine to court if they didn't publish an immediate apology.

她威胁说如果这家杂志不立刻刊登道歉信的话，她就要把他们告上法庭。

We hadn't enough evidence to bring the case to court .

我们没有足够证据将此案提交法院处理。

Victims are often not told when a case comes to court .

法庭受理案件时常常不通知受害人。

The matter was settled out of court .

这件事在庭外解决了。

The case was thrown out of court .

该案件法院不予受理。。

The court ruled that no compensation was due.

法庭判决不予赔偿。

The court upheld the earlier decision (=decided that the earlier decision was correct).

法庭维持原判。

Dr Porter told the court that the post-mortem revealed signs of strangulation.

波特医生告诉法庭，尸体解剖显示出勒死的痕迹。

FOR PLAYING A SPORT 进行体育活动, [C] an area made for playing games such as tennis

球场;

Can you book a squash court for tomorrow?

你能不能预订一个壁球场明天打球？

The players are due on court in an hour.

选手们一小时后上场。

KING / QUEEN 国王/王后

hold court, [formal] to speak in an interesting, amusing, or forceful way so that people gather to listen

讲笑话吸引人围拢:

Dylan was holding court upstairs to a group of fans.

迪伦在楼上给一群崇拜者讲笑话。

AREA NEXT TO A BUILDING 建筑物附近的区域, [C] a COURTYARD

庭院，院子

to try hard to please someone, especially because you want something from them

奉承，讨好:

His campaign team have assiduously courted the media.

他的竞选班子竭力讨好媒体。

court danger / death etc, [formal] to behave in a way that makes danger etc more likely

招惹危险/找死等:

To have admitted this would have courted political disaster .

承认了这件事就等于招来了政治灾难。

be courting, [old-fashioned] if a man and a woman are courting, they are having a romantic relationship and may get married

〔男女〕恋爱:

That was back in the 1960s when we were courting.

那得回到 20 世纪 60 年代，我们还在谈恋爱的时候。

[old-fashioned] if a man courts a woman, he spends time being nice to her because he hopes to marry her

〔男子向女子〕求爱，追求