新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

caseIELTS重点词汇

英 [keɪs]

[NOUN]

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NOUN. 名词

cases
1. [C 可数名词] 状况 , 实例 , 事例
A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something.
双语例句
例：
Surgical training takes at least nine years, or 11 in the case of obstetrics.
外科培训至少需要9年，产科则要11年。
例：
In extreme cases, insurance companies can prosecute for fraud.
在个别极端的情况下，保险公司可以起诉骗保行为。
例：
The Honduran press published reports of eighteen cases of alleged baby snatching.
洪都拉斯媒体报道了18起涉嫌强抢婴儿的案件。
2. [C 可数名词] 病例 , 案例
A case is a person or their particular problem that a doctor, social worker, or other professional is dealing with.
双语例句
例：
Dr Thomas Bracken describes the case of a 45-year-old Catholic priest much given to prayer whose left knee became painful.
托马斯·布拉肯医生描述了那个病例：一名45岁的天主教牧师由于经常祈祷导致左膝疼痛。
例：
Some cases of arthritis respond to a gluten-free diet.
无麸质饮食对一些关节炎患者有疗效。
例：
the case of a 57-year-old man who had suffered a stroke.
一位曾患中风的57岁男子的病例。
例：
Child protection workers were meeting to discuss her case.
儿童保护工作者们正聚在一起讨论她的情况。
3. [C 可数名词] （可怜的、无可救药的）人
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.
双语例句
例：
I knew I was going to make it – that I wasn't a hopeless case.
我知道自己能行–我不是无药可救的人。
4. [C 可数名词] 案件
A case is a crime or mystery that the police are investigating.
双语例句
例：
The police have several suspects in the case of five murders committed in Gainesville, Florida.
警方就佛罗里达州盖恩斯维尔市的5起谋杀案已经锁定了几名嫌疑人。
5. [C 可数名词] 事实 , 根据
The case for or against a plan or idea consists of the facts and reasons used to support it or oppose it.
双语例句
例：
He sat there while I made the case for his dismissal.
他坐在那儿，听我讲着他被解雇的原因。
例：
Both these facts strengthen the case against hanging.
这两个事实使反对绞刑的理由更加充分。
6. [C 可数名词] 诉讼
In law, a case is a trial or other legal inquiry.
近义词
trial , action
双语例句
例：
It can be difficult for public figures to win a libel case.
公众人物要打赢诽谤诉讼的官司是有难度的。
例：
The case was brought by his family, who say their reputation has been damaged by allegations about him.
这桩诉讼是由他的家人提起的，他们声称关于他的指控损害了他们的名誉。
7. [C 可数名词] 容器 , 箱子 , 盒
A case is a container that is specially designed to hold or protect something.
双语例句
例：
a black case for his glasses.
他的黑色眼镜盒。
8. [C 可数名词] （语法）格
In the grammar of many languages, the case of a group such as a noun group or adjective group is the form it has which shows its relationship to other groups in the sentence.

PHRASE. 习语

in any case
1. （表示补充的内容比前述更重要，且支持或纠正前述）不管怎样 , 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.
近义词
anyway , besides
双语例句
例：
The concert was sold out, and in any case, most of the people gathered in the square could not afford the price of a ticket.
音乐会的票已售完，再说，聚在广场上的人也大都买不起票。
in case , just in case
1. 以防
If you do something in case or just in case a particular thing happens, you do it because that thing might happen.
双语例句
例：
In case anyone was following me, I made an elaborate detour.
我特意绕了弯路，以防有人跟踪。
in case of something
1. 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.
双语例句
例：
Many shops along the route have been boarded up in case of trouble.
沿途很多商店的门窗都用木板封上了，以免招来麻烦。
in case
1. 难道
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.
双语例句
例：
She's nervous about something, in case you didn't notice.
她对某些事情神经兮兮的，难道你没注意到？
in that case , in which case
1. 那样的话
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.
双语例句
例：
Perhaps you've some doubts about the attack. In that case it may interest you to know that Miss Woods witnessed it.
或许你对这起袭击有些怀疑。要是那样的话，我告诉你伍兹小姐亲眼目睹了一切，你可能会感兴趣。
just in case
1. 以防万一
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.
双语例句
例：
I guess we've already talked about this but I'll ask you again just in case.
我想我们已经讨论过了这个问题，但为保险起见，我再问你一次。
a case of
1. …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.
双语例句
例：
It's not a case of whether anyone would notice or not.
这不是人们会不会注意到的问题。
be the case
1. 情况是那样
If you say that something is the case, you mean that it is true or correct.
双语例句
例：
You'll probably notice her having difficulty swallowing. If this is the case, give her plenty of liquids.
你可能会发现她吞咽有困难，要真是那样，多给她一些流质食物。