[, ]the group of people, led by a judge, a group of judges or another official, who listen to legal cases and make decisions on them (参与审讯的)全体审判人员◆We would have to go to court in order to stop the merger. 我们将不得不诉诸法院以阻止合并。◆They took the directors to court over the decision. 他们把董事告上了法庭。◆The firm offered $20 million to settle out of court(= end the case without the court making a decision). 这家公司拿出 2 000 万元用作庭外和解。➡tribunal ⨁ a court hears / orders / rules / says sth 法庭审理/下令/裁定/表示⨁a court decision / ruling 法院判决/裁决⨁a court action / case / hearing / trial 法院诉讼/案子/审理/审判
[, ]the place where legal cases are listened to and decided 法院;法庭◆Her lawyer made a statement outside the court. 她的律师在法庭外发表了一份声明。SYNlaw court ➡courtroom
[] the group of people, led by a judge or another official, who deal with a particular type of legal case or with cases from a particular area; the place where these cases are listened to and decided (处理某类型或某地方案件的)全体审判人员;(处理这类案件的)法庭,法院◆The sale of the company must be approved by the bankruptcy court. 出售公司必须得到破产法庭的批准。⨁a bankruptcy / divorce court 破产/离婚法庭⨁a county / federal / state court 郡/联邦/州法院
●rule/throw sth out of ˈcourtto say that sth is completely wrong or not worth considering, especially in a court (尤指在法庭上)指明完全错误,不予考虑◆The charges were thrown out of court. 这些指控未予受理。◆Well that's my theory ruled out of court. 唉,那就是我遭到摒弃的意见。labour court law court out-of-court