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例子及其他抽象意义（INSTANCES AND OTHER ABSTRACT MEANINGS）

1. 特定情况;事例;实例
A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something.

2. 病例;案例;问题
A case is a person or their particular problem that a doctor, social worker, or other professional is dealing with.

3. 境况;状况;情形
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.

4. 案件;案子
A case is a crime or mystery that the police are investigating.

5. (用以证明或反驳的)事实，根据，理由
The case for or against a plan or idea consists of the facts and reasons used to support it or oppose it.

6. 官司;诉讼;讼案
In law, a case is a trial or other legal inquiry.

7. （表示补充的内容比前述更重要，且支持或纠正前述）不管怎样，再者
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.

8. （强调后面的陈述至关重要或十分肯定）不管怎样，无论如何
You say in any case after talking about things that you are not sure about, to emphasize that your next statement is the most important thing or the thing that you are sure about.

9. 以备；以防;免得
If you do something in case or just in case a particular thing happens, you do it because that thing might happen.

10. 以备;以防;以免
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.

11. (表示不耐烦地陈述显而易见或与听话人无关的事情)竟然，难道，假使
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.

12. 那样的话;在那种情况下
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.

13. 以防万一
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.

14. 无论情况如何；无论怎样
You say as the case may be or whatever the case may be to indicate that the statement you are making applies equally to the two or more alternatives that you have mentioned.

15. (是)…的问题;(是)…的事
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.

16. 典型的例子;恰当的例证
If you say that something is a case in point, you mean that it is a good example of something you have just mentioned.

17. 是这样;是这种情况
If you say that something is the case, you mean that it is true or correct.

18. 着手处理;正在解决
If you say that someone is on the case, you mean that they are aware of a particular problem and are trying to resolve it.

1. a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy

e.g. the family brought suit against the landlord

Synonym: lawsuitsuitcausecausa

2. a portable container for carrying several objects

e.g. the musicians left their instrument cases backstage

3. a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home

Synonym: display caseshowcasevitrine

4. bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow

e.g. the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase

Synonym: pillowcaseslippillow slip

5. (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers

e.g. for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters

Synonym: compositor's casetypesetter's case

6. the enclosing frame around a door or window opening

e.g. the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced

Synonym: casing

7. the housing or outer covering of something

e.g. the clock has a walnut case

Synonym: shellcasing

8. an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part

Synonym: sheath

9. the actual state of things

e.g. that was not the case

10. nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence

Synonym: grammatical case

11. a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument

e.g. he stated his case clearly

12. a problem requiring investigation

e.g. Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir

13. a specific size and style of type within a type family

Synonym: fontfounttypefaceface

14. an occurrence of something

e.g. it was a case of bad judgment
another instance occurred yesterday
but there is always the famous example of the Smiths

Synonym: instanceexample

15. a person requiring professional services

e.g. a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor

16. a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

e.g. a real character
a strange character
a friendly eccentric
the capable type
a mental case

Synonym: charactereccentrictype

17. a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures
someone who is an object of investigation

e.g. the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly
the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities

Synonym: subjectguinea pig

18. the quantity contained in a case

Synonym: caseful

19. a special set of circumstances

e.g. in that event, the first possibility is excluded
it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled

Synonym: event

20. a specific state of mind that is temporary

e.g. a case of the jitters