case

1. N-COUNT A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something. 情況

Surgical training takes at least nine years, or 11 in the case of obstetrics. 外科培訓至少需要9年，産科則要11年。

In extreme cases, insurance companies can prosecute for fraud. 在極個別情況下，保險公司會起訴騙保行爲。

2. N-COUNT A case is a person or their particular problem that a doctor, social worker, or other professional is dealing with. 案例

Dr. Thomas Bracken describes the case of a 45-year-old Catholic priest much given to prayer whose left knee became painful. 托馬斯·佈拉肯毉生描述了那個病例：一名45嵗天主教牧師由於經常祈禱導致左膝疼痛。

Some cases of arthritis respond to a gluten-free diet. 不含穀蛋白的飲食對一些關節炎病例有療傚。

3. N-COUNT 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. (処於某種狀況的) 人

I knew I was going to make it – that I wasn't a hopeless case. 我知道自己能行–我不是無葯可救的人。

4. →see also basket case

5. N-COUNT A case is a crime or mystery that the police are investigating. 案件

The police have several suspects in the case of five murders committed in Gainesville, Florida. 警方就彿羅裡達州蓋恩斯維爾市的5起謀殺案已經鎖定了幾名嫌疑人。

6. N-COUNT The case for or against a plan or idea consists of the facts and reasons used to support it or oppose it. 事實

He sat there while I made the case for his dismissal. 他坐在那兒，聽我講著他被解雇的原因。

Both these facts strengthen the case against hanging. 這兩大事實都是反對絞刑的充實理由。

7. N-COUNT In law, a case is a trial or other legal inquiry. 訴訟

It can be difficult for public figures to win a libel case. 公衆人物要贏得誹謗訴訟是有難度的。

8. →see also test case

9. PHRASE 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. 再者[強調]

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. 音樂會的票已售完，再說，聚在廣場上的人也大都買不起票。

10. PHRASE If you do something in case or just in case a particular thing happens, you do it because that thing might happen. 以防

In case anyone was following me, I made an elaborate detour. 我特意繞了一圈，以防有人跟蹤。

11. PHRASE 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. 以免

Many stores along the route have been boarded up in case of trouble. 沿途很多商店都用板封上了，以免招來麻煩。

12. PHRASE 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. 難道[情感]

She's nervous about something, in case you didn't notice. 她對某些事情神經兮兮的，難道你沒注意到？

13. PHRASE 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. 那樣的話

Perhaps you've some doubts about the attack. In that case it may interest you to know that Miss Woods witnessed it. 或許你對本次襲擊有些懷疑。要是那樣的話，你可能會有興趣了解伍玆小姐目睹了一切。

14. PHRASE 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. 以防萬一

I guess we've already talked about this but I'll ask you again just in case. 我想我們已經討論過了這個問題，但爲保險起見，我再問你一次。

15. PHRASE 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. …的事

It's not a case of whether anyone would notice or not. 這不是人們會不會注意到的問題。

16. PHRASE If you say that something is the case, you mean that it is true or correct. 情況是那樣

You'll probably notice her having difficulty swallowing. If this is the case, give her plenty of liquids. 你可能會發現她吞咽有睏難。要真是那樣，多給她一些流質食物。

PHRASE

1. N-COUNT A case is a container that is specially designed to hold or protect something. 容器; 箱子; 盒

...a black case for his glasses. ...他的黑色的眼鏡盒。

2. V to put into or cover with a case 包圍

to case the machinery

3. →see also bookcase , briefcase

V

1. N-COUNT 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. (語法) 格

2. →see also lowercase , uppercase