英汉词典

case 基本解释

• n. 情况；实例；箱
• vt. 包围；把…装于容器中
• n. (Case)人名；(英)凯斯；(西)卡塞；(法)卡斯

case 词态变化

case 中文词源

1.情况，来自词根cad, 掉落，词源同case, accident.

2.盒子，来自拉丁词capsa, 盒子，词源同accept, capture.

case 英文词源

case

case: [13] There are two distinct words case in English, both acquired via Old French from Latin and both members of very large families. Case ‘circumstance’ was borrowed from Old French cas, which in turn came from Latin cāsus ‘fall, chance’. This was formed from the base of the verb cadere ‘fall’. The progression of senses is from the concrete ‘that which falls’ to the metaphorical ‘that which befalls, that which happens (by chance)’ (and English chance is also derived ultimately from Latin cadere).

Other related words in English include accident, cadence, cadaver, cheat, chute, coincide, decadent, decay, deciduous, and occasion. Case ‘container’ comes via Old French casse from Latin capsa ‘box’, a derivative of the verb capere ‘hold’ (which is related to English heave).

At various points during its history it has produced offshoots which in English have become capsule [17], a diminutive form, cash, chassis, and perhaps capsicum [18] and chase ‘engrave’.
=> accident, cadaver, cheat, chute, decay, deciduous, occasion, occident; capsicum, capsule, cash, chassis

case (n.1)

early 13c., "what befalls one; state of affairs," from Old French cas "an event, happening, situation, quarrel, trial," from Latin casus "a chance, occasion, opportunity; accident, mishap," literally "a falling," from cas-, past participle stem of cadere "to fall, sink, settle down, decline, perish" (used widely: of the setting of heavenly bodies, the fall of Troy, suicides), from PIE root *kad- "to lay out, fall or make fall, yield, break up" (cognates: Sanskrit sad- "to fall down," Armenian chacnum "to fall, become low," perhaps also Middle Irish casar "hail, lightning"). The notion being "that which falls" as "that which happens" (compare befall).

Meaning "instance, example" is from c. 1300. Meaning "actual state of affairs" is from c. 1400. Given widespread extended and transferred senses in English in law (16c.), medicine (18c.), etc.; the grammatical sense (late 14c.) was in Latin. U.S. slang meaning "person" is from 1848. In case "in the event" is recorded from mid-14c. Case history is from 1879, originally medical; case study "study of a particular case" is from 1879, originally legal.

case (n.2)

"receptacle," early 14c., from Anglo-French and Old North French casse (Old French chasse "case, reliquary;" Modern French châsse), from Latin capsa "box, repository" (especially for books), from capere "to take, hold" (see capable).

Meaning "outer protective covering" is from late 14c. Also used from 1660s with a sense "frame" (as in staircase, casement). Artillery sense is from 1660s, from case-shot "small projectiles put in cases" (1620s). Its application in the printing trade (first recorded 1580s) to the two trays where compositors keep their types in separate compartments for easy access led to upper-case letter for a capital (1862) and lower-case for small letters.

"The cases, or receptacles, for the type, which are always in pairs, and termed the 'upper' and the 'lower,' are formed of two oblong wooden frames, divided into compartments or boxes of different dimensions, the upper case containing ninety-eight and the lower fifty-four. In the upper case are placed the capital, small capital, and accented letters, also figures, signs for reference to notes &c.; in the lower case the ordinary running letter, points for punctuation, spaces for separating the words, and quadrats for filling up the short lines." ["The Literary Gazette," Jan. 29, 1859]

case (v.)

"enclose in a case," 1570s, from case (n.2). Related: Cased; casing. Meaning "examine, inspect" (usually prior to robbing) is from 1915, American English slang, perhaps from the notion of giving a place a look on all sides (compare technical case (v.) "cover the outside of a building with a different material," 1707).

case 词组搭配

case 英文释义

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

"the family brought suit against the landlord"

2. an occurrence of something;

"it was a case of bad judgment"

"another instance occurred yesterday"

"but there is always the famous example of the Smiths"

3. a special set of circumstances;

"in that event, the first possibility is excluded"

"it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled"

4. a problem requiring investigation;

"Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir"

5. the actual state of things;

"that was not the case"

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

"he stated his case clearly"

7. a portable container for carrying several objects;

"the musicians left their instrument cases backstage"

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

"the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"

"the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities"

9. a person requiring professional services;

"a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor"

10. the quantity contained in a case

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

12. a specific state of mind that is temporary;

"a case of the jitters"

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

14. the housing or outer covering of something;

"the clock has a walnut case"

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

"a real character"

"a strange character"

"a friendly eccentric"

"the capable type"

"a mental case"

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

17. the enclosing frame around a door or window opening;

"the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced"

18. bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow;

"the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"

case 同义词解析

example, instance, case, sample, illustration, specimen

这些名词均有"例子，事例"之意。

example： 普通用词，指能代表同类事物性质或一般规律的典型例子。

instance： 多指用于说明、支持或反证一般事实或理论的事例。

case： 多指需要加以认真研究的实例，如病例，案例等。

sample： 通常指样品。

illustration： 指用来说明、解释某种理论或看法而引用的例证。

specimen可与sample换用，但常指人或物中选出的有代表性部分，或指供科研、化验或检验用的标本。

case 双语例句

1. He actually became convinced that the nurses had an unanswerable case.

他实际上已经相信了护士们的情况确实如此。

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2. He put the case to the Saudi Foreign Minister.

他把这起事件向沙特外长作了说明。

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3. The Government is anxious to keep the whole case out of court.

政府迫切希望整件事能够在庭外解决。

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4. It's not a case of whether anyone would notice or not.

这不是会不会有人注意到的问题。

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5. The case against is twofold: too risky and too expensive.

反对理由有两点：太冒险而且太昂贵。

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case 实用场景例句

The CompuServe management is on the case now, and it looks as if things will return to normal soon.

CompuServe在线服务公司的管理层正在处理这个问题，看样子，要不了多久，一切就能恢复正常。

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...a black case for his spectacles.

他的黑色眼镜盒

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...a 10-foot-long stuffed alligator in a glass case.

陈放在玻璃柜里、长10英尺的短吻鳄标本

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You'll probably notice her having difficulty swallowing. If this is the case, give her plenty of liquids...

你可能会注意到她吞咽有困难。要是这样的话，让她多吃流食。

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Consumers had hoped the higher prices would mean more goods in stores. But that was not the case.

消费者本来以为，物价上涨了，店里的商品会增多;但是情况并非如此。

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In many cases religious persecution is the cause of people fleeing their country. A case in point is colonial India.

很多情况下，宗教迫害是导致人们逃奔异国他乡的原因。一个典型的例子是殖民统治时期的印度。

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I guess we've already talked about this but I'll ask you again just in case.

我想我们已经谈过这个问题了，不过为了以防万一，我再问你一次。

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They know how everything works — or doesn't work, as the case may be.

他们了解一切是如何运作的，或者为何出差错，无论是哪种情况，他们都很清楚。

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It's a case of relaxing, then playing...

应该是先放松，然后再玩。

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It's not a case of whether anyone would notice or not.

这不是会不会有人注意到的问题。

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The concert was booked out, and in any case, most of the people gathered in the square could not afford the price of a ticket.

音乐会门票已经预订一空，再者，聚在广场上的人多数也买不起票。

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Either he escaped, or he came to grief. In any case, he was never seen again.

他要么逃掉了，要么遭到了不测。不管怎么样，反正再也没有人见过他。

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In case anyone was following me, I made an elaborate detour...

为了防止有人跟踪我，我特地绕了弯路。

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Extra boiling water should be kept at hand just in case it is needed.

身边应多准备一些开水，以备不时之需。

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Many shops along the route have been boarded up in case of trouble.

沿途很多商店的门窗都用木板封上了，以防不测。

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She's nervous about something, in case you didn't notice...

她正为了什么事神经紧张，你连这个都没看出来？

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'I'm waiting for Mary Ann,' she said, 'in case you're wondering.'

“我在等玛丽·安，”她说，“要是你想知道的话。”

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Perhaps you've some doubts about the attack. In that case it may interest you to know that Miss Woods witnessed it...

你也许对这起袭击还有些怀疑。那么如果我告诉你伍兹小姐亲眼目睹了这起事件，你可能会感兴趣。

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Members are concerned that a merger might mean higher costs, in which case they would oppose it.

成员们担心合并会导致成本提高，若是那样的话，他们将提出反对。

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Some cases of arthritis respond to a gluten-free diet...

无麸质饮食对一些关节炎患者有疗效。

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I knew I was going to make it — that I wasn't a hopeless case.

我就知道自己能挺过去——我还没到山穷水尽的地步。

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The police have several suspects in the case of five murders committed in Gainesville, Florida...

警方就佛罗里达州盖恩斯维尔的5起谋杀案已经锁定了几名犯罪嫌疑人。

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Mr. Hitchens said you have solved some very unusual cases.

希钦斯先生说您破过一些非常离奇的案子。

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He sat there while I made the case for his dismissal...

他坐在那儿，听我陈述解雇他的理由。

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Both these facts strengthen the case against hanging...

这两项事实使反对绞刑的理由更加充分。

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It can be difficult for public figures to win a libel case...

公众人物想打赢诽谤官司可能会很难。

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The case was brought by his family, who say their reputation has been damaged by allegations about him.

这起诉讼是他的家人提起的，他们称有关他的指控损害了他们的名誉。

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...the case of a 57-year-old man who had suffered a stroke...

一个患过中风的57岁男子的病例

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Surgical training takes at least nine years, or 11 in the case of obstetrics...

外科至少需要9年的专业训练，产科甚至需要11年。

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One of the effects of dyslexia, in my case at least, is that you pay tremendous attention to detail...

诵读困难的一个影响就是过分注意细节，至少对我来说是如此。

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