also courthouse, courtroom ,〇 note at SCHOOL 2 the court [sing.] the people in a court, especially those who make the decisions, such as the judge and jury全体出庭人员；（尤指）全体审判人员：Mease teH the court w/iat happened.谓向法庭陈述事情的经过d —see also contempt of court, county court, Crown Court, High Court, juvenile court, Supreme Court

►                 FOR SPORT 体育运动 3K] a place where games such, as tennis are played (网球等的）球场：a tennis/ squas/i/badminton court 网球 / 壁球 /.羽■毛球场◊ ffe

won a_/ter onZy 5_2 Wmites on court.也上场仅 52 分钟就 赢得亍胜利。一picture page R30 — see also clay

COURT, GRASS COURT

►                 KINGSAJUEENS 国王；女王 4 [C, U] the official place where kings and queens live 王宫；宫殿；宮.廷...： the court 〇/Queen Victoria 维多利亚女王的宫每 5 the court [sing.] the king or queen, their family, and the people who work for them and/or give advice to them 王室人 员；王宫人员

►                 BUILDINGS 建筑物 6 [C] = COURTYARD 7 (<7祝 Ct) [C] used in the names of blocks of flats or apartment buildings, or of some short streets; (in Britain) used in the name of some large houses (用于套房。公寓或某 些短街区的名称）公寓大楼，短街；（英国用于某些大型 宅第的名称）宅第，邸宅8 [C] a large open section of a building, often with a glass roof 建筑物的开阔部分（常 有玻璃房顶）；大厅；馆：the/ood court at the shopping maH大型购物中心的食品区

hold 'court (with sb) to entertain people by telling them interesting or funny things (讲趣闻或笑 话）使人快乐，逗人乐 rule/throw sth out of court to say that sth is completely wrong or not worth considering, especially in a trial (尤指在法庭上）指明 完全错误，不予考虑，不予受理：The charges were thrown out 〇/court.这些指控未予受理。◊ WeH t/iat’s my theory ruied out 〇/court.唉，那就是我遭到摒弃的意 见0 — more at ball n., laugh v., pay v.

• verb

►                 TRY TO PLEASE 试图取悦 1 [VN] to try to please sb in order to get sth you want, especially the support of a person, an organization, etc.:'(:_ 为有病求，尤栺寻求支持 而）试图取悦，讨好，争取EQa CULTIVATE: Both candidates have spent the last month courting the media. 两位候选人在过去的一个月里都在取悦媒体。

►                 TRY TO GET 试图得到 2 [VN] (for/rn?/) to try to obtain sth 试图获得；博得：He has never courted popularity.他从 不追求名望。

►                 INVITE STH BAD 招致灾祸 3 [VN]         to do sth that

might result in sth unpleasant happening 招致，酿 成，导致（不愉快的to court danger/death/ disaster 招致危险/死士/灾难◊也 a poHrician he q/te/i courted ccmtroversy. #为政治人物，他常常招致 备议。’

►                 HAVE RELATIONSHIP ft      4 [VN] {old-fashioned) if a

man courts a woman, he spends time with her and tries to make her love him, so that they can get married

(向女子）求爱，求婚 5 [V] be courting (oW-/仍/j/onet/) ■‘(of a man and a woman M 女）to have a romantic rela­tionship before getting married 恋爱： At that time they had been courting/or severa丨 years..当时他们已经谈了 存 几年的恋爱了。’ 一 see also courtship

WHICH WORD?词语辨析

court ♦ law court ♦ court of law

All these words can be used to refer to a place where legal trials take place. Court and (formal) court of law usually refer to the actual room where cases are judged. Courtroom is also used for this. Law court (BaE) is more often used to refer to the building. \ci± 各词均可指法庭或法院。court和（正式说法）court of law通常指法庭、审判室，courtroom亦用于此义。law court (英国英语）多指法院这座建筑物：77)epr/son /s oppos/fe 沩e tow cow/t•监狱在法院对面。Courthouse is used for this in /VAm左•.北美矣语用 courthouse。

| 459 courtly

'court card (fir£) (also 'face card NAmE, Br£) noun a Playing card with.a picture of a king, queen or jack on it人头牌，花牌（纸牌的K、Q或J ) —picture o

PLAYING CARD

'court costs noun [pi.] {NAm£) = cost n.(4) cour-te-ous /'k3：ti0s; NAmE 'k3：rt-/ adj. polite, especially in a way that shows respect 有托貌的；客气的；（先 指）恭命的，谦恭的：a courteous young man彬彬有礼 的牵轻人◊ r/ie hotd stajj are _/Wendiy and courteous.:旅 服务入员友好而有札貌。EH3 discourteous ► cour- te-ous-ly adv.

courtesan /.koiti'zaen; NAmE 'koirtizn/ noun (in the past) a prostitute, especially one with rich customers .(旧时尤揞伺候富豪的）髙级妓女 courtesy /'k3：t0si; NAmE'k3：rt-l noun, adj. m noun {pi. -ies) 1 [U] polite behaviour that shows respect f<pr other people 彳〔貌；谦恭；彬彬有礼 K771 po­liteness ：I was treated with the utmost courtesy by the 伽#我受到了 J'f入员极有.礼貌的接待。◊ /t，s oWy common courtesy to tell the neighbours that well be having a party (= the sort of behaviour that people would expect).告诉邻居我们要举行聚会，这是起码的礼 貌。2 [C，us叫丨丨y pi.]     polite thing that you say

or do when you meet people in formal situations (正式场合见ffi时的）客气话，礼貌：an exchange 〇/ courtesies be/ore the meeting 会议开始前互致.问 _ ITynn courtesy of sb/sth 1 (also by courtesy of sb/sth) with the official permission of sb/sth and as a favour 承葶…的允许（或好意）：pictures have been reproduced by courtesy of the British Museum.

博物馆惠允，复制了这些画。2 given as a prize or provided free by a person or an organization 蒙…提 供；赞助；赠送：VWn a weefcencTin Rome, courtesy 〇/ Ffat.赢了就可以获得菲亚特公司提供的到罗马度周末的机 会。3 as the result of a particular thing or situation 作 为…的结果：Viewers can see the stadium 介om the air, courtesy of a camera fastened to the plane. ^

装有摄像机，电视观众可从空中鸟瞰体育场。do sb the courtesy of doing sth to be polite by doing the thing that is mentioned (做提及的事）对某人表示礼貌： Please do me the courtesy of listening to what Vm saying. 请耐心听r听我的话。have the cowrtesy to do sth to know when you should do sth in order to be polite 知道何时该做…（以示礼貌）：Ybu t/iinfc he’d at /east have t/ze courtesy to caH to say he’d be 〖ate.谁都会觉得 他至少应该懂得打个电话说一声他要晚来。

■        丨on丨y before noun] (of a bus，car, etc.公共汽车、小轿

车等j provided free，, at no cost to the person using it 免 合_坐（或使用 >命：A courtesy bus operates between the and t/ie town centre.有免费的公共汽车往返于 旅馆和市中心之间。.◊ The dealer wiH provide you with a courtesy car while your vehicle is being repaired.

修期间，经销商合提供免费使甩的汽车/

'courtesy call noun 1 (also 'courtesy visit) a formal or official visit, usually by one important person to another, just to be polite.，not to discuss important busi­ness (正式或官方的） 礼节性拜访 2a telephone call from a company to one of its customers, for example to see if they are satisfied with the compan/s service 礼节性征询#话（如公司征询顾客对服务是否满意） 'courtesy light noun a small light inside a car which is automatically switched on when sb opens the door (汽车内的j门控照明灯

'courtesy title noun a title that sb is allowed to use but which has no legal status (无法律女效的..）尊称 court-house /'koithaos; NAmE 'koirt-/ noun 1 {especially A/Amf) a building containing courts. of law 法院大楼 o note at court 2 (in the US) a building containing the offices of a county government (美国 > 县政府大楼 court-ier /'ko:tie(r); NAmE 'koirt-/ noun (especially in the past) a person who is part of the court of a king or queen (尤指旧时的）侍臣，侍从，廷臣 court-ly /'kortli; NAmE 'koirt-/ adj. (formal or literary) extremely polite and full of respect, especially in an old-fashioned way (尤指老式）每其恭敬有礼的，温文 尔雅的