case是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a particular situation or example of something -- 具體情況；實例

  • Over a hundred people were injured, in several cases seriously. 一百多人受了傷，有幾個傷勢嚴重。

  • Jobs are hard to find but in his case that's not the problem because he has so much experience. 工作很難找，可對他而言不成問題，因為他經驗非常豐富。

  • I wouldn't normally agree but I'll make an exception in this case. 一般情況下我不會同意，不過這次我要破例一次。

  • The number of new cases of the illness appears to be declining. 這種病症的新發病例數量呈下降趨勢。

  • We have lots of applications from people who want to study here and in each case we consider the candidate very carefully. 我們收到許多想來這裡學習的人的申請，對每個申請人的情況我們都予以認真考慮。

  • She was suffering from an extreme case of sunburn. 她被嚴重曬傷了。

  • There's no coffee left? In that case I'll have tea. 沒咖啡了？既然如此，我就喝茶吧。

  • If that is the case then I will be very disappointed. 如果是那樣的話，我會非常失望。

  • I don't want to go and in any case, I haven't been invited. 我不想去，再說，人家也沒邀請我。

  • I don't think I'll need any money but I'll bring some just in case. 我想我不會用到錢的，不過我還是帶一些以防萬一。

  • Bring a map in case you get lost. 帶張地圖吧，以防迷路。

  • The law will apply equally to men and women except in the case of maternity leave. 除了產假方面，該法律對男女都同樣適用。

  • She doesn't want to work full-time, it's a case of having to. 她不想全日工作，可是不得不如此。

  • Lack of communication causes serious problems and their marriage is a case in point. 缺乏交流會導致嚴重問題，他們的婚姻就是個明證。

  • When the election is called in April, or June, as the case might be, we shall be ready for it. 不管選舉是在四月還是六月舉行，我們都將做好準備。

• 1 a problem, a series of events, or a person being dealt with by police, doctors, lawyers, etc. -- 問題；案例，案子；病例

  • Several social workers have looked into the child's case. 幾名社工已經調查了這個孩子的案例。

  • The detective on the case (= responsible for solving it) has been suspended from duty. 負責調查這個案子的偵探被停職了。

  • When he first went for treatment at the hospital he seemed to be a hopeless case (= a person who could not be cured). 他初到醫院接受治療時似乎已經沒救了。

  • a murder case 謀殺案

  • The case will go before the European Court next month. 這個案子將於下月在歐洲法庭審理。

  • She accused her employer of unlawful dismissal and won/lost her case. 她起訴僱主非法解僱，結果贏／輸了官司。

• 2 a container or box for storing things in -- 盒；箱；套

  • He bought his brother a case of wine for his birthday. 他給弟弟買了一箱酒作為生日禮物。

  • Can you get some more cola? The kids drank the whole case. 你再去買些可樂好嗎？孩子們把一整箱都喝完了。

• 3 arguments, facts, and reasons in support of or against something -- 論點；事實；論據

  • There's a good case for/against bringing in new regulations. 支持／反對推出新章程的理由很充分。

  • The case against cigarette advertising is becoming stronger all the time. 一直以來，反對煙草廣告的觀點都越來越強烈。

  • She's very busy so don't overstate the case - just give her the facts. 她很忙，所以不要過多地陳述理由——只要告訴她基本要點就行了。

• 4 any of the various types to which a noun can belong, according to the work it does in a sentence, shown in some languages by a special word ending -- 格

  • the accusative/dative case 賓／與格

• 5 to look at a place with the intention of stealing from it later -- （為日後行竊）探察，探路，踩點

  • He looked around shiftily, as if he was casing the joint. 他鬼鬼祟祟地東張西望，似乎是在探察下手的地方。