case

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

在法庭上个人寻求法律补救的任何诉讼的综合术语

the family brought suit against the landlord

这家人向房东提讼

lawsuit

suit

cause

causa

a portable container for carrying sral objects

可携带多个物体的便携式容器

the musicians left their instrument cases backstage

音乐家们把乐器盒留在后台

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

商店、博物馆或家中用来存放和展示物品的玻璃容器

display case

showcase

vitrine

bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow

由枕头套组成的床单

the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase

窃贼把赃物装在枕套里

pillowcase

slip

pillow slip

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

（印刷术）排字工打字的容器，按不同的字母、空格或数字分成若干格

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

对于英语，一个排字员通常有两个这样的大小写，一个大写字母，一个小写字母

compositor's case

typesetter's case

the enclosing frame around a door or window opening

门框门或窗开口周围的封闭框架

the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced

弹壳已经腐烂，必须更换

casing

the housing or outer covering of something

外壳某物的外壳

the clock has a walnut case

这钟有一个核桃壳

shell

casing

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

包围动物或植物器官或部分的包围结构或覆盖物

sheath

the actual state of things

事物的实际状态

that was not the case

事实并非如此

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

名词、代词或形容词（通常以屈折变化为特征）以某种方式与句子中的其他词相关

grammatical case

a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument

用来支持论点的事实和理由的陈述

he stated his case clearly

他清楚地陈述了他的情况

a problem requiring investigation

需要调查的问题

Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir

佩里·梅森解决了失踪继承人的案子

a specific size and style of type within a type family

类型族中类型的特定大小和样式

font

fount

typeface

face

an occurrence of something

某事的发生

it was a case of bad judgment

这是一个判断错误的案子

another instance occurred yesterday

昨天又发生了一起案件

but there is always the famous example of the Smiths

但总有有名的史密斯一家的例子

instance

example

a person requiring professional services

需要专业服务的人

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

一个典型的例子是一位婚姻顾问描述的郊区家庭主妇

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

一种特殊类型的人（通常有许多怪癖）

a real character

真正的人物

a strange character

怪人

a friendly eccentric

友好的怪人

the capable type

能干的类型

a mental case

character

eccentric

type

a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures

接受实验或其他观察程序的人

someone who is an object of investigation

调查对象

the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly

这次调查的对象是随机挑选的

the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities

我们研究的案例来自两个不同的社区

subject

guinea pig

the quantity contained in a case

装在箱子里的数量

caseful

a special set of circumstances

特殊情况

in that nt, the first possibility is excluded

在这种情况下，排除了种可能性

it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled

如果下雨，野餐就取消了

nt

a specific state of mind that is temporary

暂时的一种特殊的精神状态

a case of the jitters

紧张的情况

enclose in, or as if in, a case

装在或好象装在箱子里

my feet were encased in mud

我的脚被包在泥里

encase

incase

look over, usually with the intention to rob

仔细看，通常是想

They men cased the housed

他们把房子装上箱子