/keɪs ||; kes/noun1 [C] a particular situation or example of sth 情况;事例;病例: In some cases, people have had to wait two weeks for a doctor's appointment. 在某些情况下,病人要等两星期才能预约上医生看病。Most of us travel to work by tube -- or, in Jim's case, by train and tube. 我们大多数人都坐地铁上班─但吉姆既坐火车又坐地铁。Cases of the disease are very unusual in this country. 这种疾病的病例在这个国家很少见。
2 the case [sing] the true situation 实情: The man said he worked in Cardiff, but we discovered later that this was not the case. 这个男人说他在加的夫干活,但后来我们发现不是这么回事。
3 [C] a crime or legal matter 案件: The police deal with hundreds of murder cases a year. 警方每年要处理几百起谋杀案。The case will come to court in a few months. 本案将在几个月后开庭审理。
4 [C] [usu.sing] the facts and reasons that support one side in a discussion or legal matter 讨论或诉讼中一方提出的事实或理由: She tried to make a case for shorter working hours, but the others disagreed. 她要求缩短工作时间,但遭到其他人反对。
5 [C] (especially in compounds 尤用于构成复合词) a container or cover for sth 盒;箱;匣: a pencil case 铅笔盒a pillowcase 枕套a bookcase 书橱She put her glasses back in the case. 她把眼镜放回盒内。
6 [C] =SUITCASE Would you like me to carry your case? 我帮你提箱子,好不好?
7 [C,U] (in the grammar of some languages) the form of a noun, an adjective or a pronoun that shows its relationship to another word (在有些语言的语法中,显示名词、形容词或代词跟他词关系的)格: The object of the verb is in the accusative case. 动词的宾语是宾格。 ☞Look at accusative, dative, genitive, nominative and vocative. 参看 accusative、dative、genitive、nominative 及 vocative。
(be) a case of sth/doing sth a situation in which sth is needed 事情;问题:
There's no secret to success in this business. It's just a case of hard work. 做这一行成功没有什么秘诀,只是工作努不努力的问题。 in any case whatever happens or has happened; anyway 不管怎样;无论如何:
I don't know how much tickets for the match cost, but I'm going in any case. 我不知道这场比赛的门票要多少钱,但我无论如何要去看。 in case because sth might happen 以防:
I think I'll take an umbrella in case it rains. 我想我会带伞去,以防下雨。I wasn't intending to buy anything but I took my credit card just in case. 我本来不打算买东西,但我带着信用卡,以防万一。 in case of sth(
formal 正式) if sth happens 一旦;万一:
In case of fire, break this glass. 万一失火,砸破这个玻璃。 in that case if that is the situation 如果是那样的话:
‘I'm busy on Tuesday.’ ‘Oh well, in that case we'll have to meet another day.’ “星期二我忙着呢。”“那么我们改天见面吧。” prove your/the case/point→
PROVE