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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   case

   • IPA[kās]

   美式

   • n.
     an instance of a particular situation; an example of something occurring；the situation affecting or relating to a particular person or thing; one's circumstances or position

   • noun: case, plural noun: cases

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. an instance of a particular situation; an example of something occurring a case of mistaken identity in many cases, valid statistics are not available 同義詞 instance, occurrence, occasion, manifestation, demonstration, ... 更多exhibition, exposition, expression, example, illustration, specimen, sample, exemplification, type, prototype
   • ▪ the situation affecting or relating to a particular person or thing; one's circumstances or position I'll make an exception in your case 同義詞 the situation, the position, the picture, the state of affairs, the state of play, ... 更多the lie of the land, plight, predicament, event, contingency, circumstances, conditions, facts, how things stand, what's going on, informalkettle of fish, ball game, score, story, setup
   • ▪ an incident or set of circumstances under police investigation a murder case 同義詞 investigation, inquiry, examination, exploration, probe, ... 更多search, scrutiny, scrutinization, study, inspection, inquest, reconnoitring, sounding, incident, event, happening, occurrence, episode, proceeding, matter, affair, set of circumstances
   • 2. an instance of a disease or problem 200,000 cases of hepatitis B 同義詞 patient, sick person, invalid, sufferer, victim, ... 更多client
   • ▪ a person or their particular problem requiring or receiving medical or welfare attention most breast cancer cases were older women urgent cases were turned away from the hospital
   • ▪ informal a person whose situation is regarded as pitiable or as having no chance of improvement Vicky was a very sad case
   • ▪ informal, dated an amusing or eccentric person.
   • 3. a legal action, especially one to be decided in a court of law a libel case a former employee brought the case against the council 同義詞 lawsuit, action, legal action, suit, suit at law, ... 更多cause, legal cause, trial, proceedings, legal proceeding(s), judicial proceedings, litigation, legal process, legal dispute, indictment
   • ▪ a set of facts or arguments supporting one side in a legal action the case for the defense
   • ▪ a legal action that has been decided and may be cited as a precedent.
   • ▪ a set of facts or arguments supporting one side of a debate or controversy the case against tobacco advertising 同義詞 argument, contention, reasoning, logic, defense, ... 更多justification, vindication, apology, polemic, statement, postulation, explanation, exposition, thesis, presentation, proclamation, expounding, claim, plea, appeal, petition
   • 4. any of the inflected forms of a noun, adjective, or pronoun that express the semantic relation of the word to other words in the sentence the accusative case 同義詞 inflection, form, ending, morphology, semantic relationship
   • ▪ the relation of a grammatical case to other words in the sentence, whether indicated by inflection or not English normally expresses case by the use of prepositions

   片語

   • as the case may be
   • be the case
   • in any case
   • in case
   • in case of
   • in no case
   • in that case
   • off someone's case
   • on someone's case
   • on the case