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词组 case
释义
case
1. noun
1
a promiscuous woman AUSTRALIA, 1967.
2
a patient with a sexually transmitted infection US, 1994.
3
a love-affair UK, 1860.
4
to engage in an adulterous relationship UK, 1977
2. verb
1
to look over a place or person, especially in anticipation of criminal activity US, 1914.
2
to work as a prostitute. A cynical variation of 'go case' (to have sex with) UK, 1996.
3
to tease someone, to scold someone US, 1971.
4
to put a prisoner on report for a breach of regulations UK, 1950
idiomcase a basket case case the jointbe a case in pointused in order to say that a thing, person, or situation is a good example of what you are talking about:His talents as a businessman were matched only by his capacity for violence. His murder of his father's driver is a case in point.Some dramatic ideas work much better on radio than on television - a case in point is 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'.get off my case!spoken a rude expression, used in order to tell someone who keeps criticizing you to stop:Get off my case, will you?Why don't you get off my case and think about your own problems for a while! —see also get/be on sb's caseget/be on sb's caseto keep criticizing someone or complaining about them:My boss is always on my case about some little thing or other.The next time your parents get on your case about playing video games, tell them this is the future. —see also get off my case!I rest my casespoken used in order to say that something proves what you have just been saying:He lied about the money just like he lied when he said he'd be here today. He's not here, is he? ...I rest my case."Look at that guy on the bike - he must be crazy." "It's a woman." "I rest my case."
Note In the US, when lawyers have finished trying to prove their case in a court of law, they often say 'the defence rests' or 'the prosecution rests'.
make a federal case out of sth AmEAmEspoken to make a problem seem much more important than it really is, especially by talking about it too much:There's no need to make a federal case out of it, Paige - I believe you!You're not going to make a federal case out of it, I hope. I did say I'm sorry. —see also make a mountain out of a molehillan open-and-shut caseused about a legal case that is easy to prove, and will not take long in a court of law:We thought it was an open-and-shut case, but the jury took several days to decide.This is not an open-and-shut accidental death case - there are too many unanswered questions.

case

the [current] instance; an actual situation. I think Bill is a vegetarian, and if that is the case, we should not serve him meat. Susie believes trees can talk, but that is not the case.
See:
  • (not) care two hoots
  • a basket case
  • a case in point
  • a case of (something)
  • a case of mistaken identity
  • a case of the blind leading the blind
  • a federal case
  • a hard case
  • an open-and-shut case
  • as the case may be
  • basket case
  • be no question that (something will happen/is the case)
  • be on (one's) case
  • be on somebody's case
  • be on someone's case
  • be on the case
  • best/worst-case scenario
  • best-case scenario
  • build a case
  • build a case against (someone or something)
  • case
  • case closed
  • case in point
  • case of
  • case of mistaken identity
  • case of the blind leading the blind
  • case of the dropsy
  • case of the jitters
  • case of the shorts
  • case out
  • case someone/something out
  • case the joint
  • Circumstances alter cases
  • Don’t make a federal case out of it!
  • don't make a federal case (out) of (something)
  • gather a case
  • gather a case against (someone or something)
  • get down to brass tacks
  • get down to cases
  • get off (one's) case
  • Get off case!
  • get off somebody's case
  • get off someone’s back
  • get off someone’s case
  • get on (one's) case
  • get on someone’s case
  • hard case
  • hard cases make bad laws
  • have a bad case of the simples
  • have a case
  • have a case (against someone or something)
  • have a case on
  • have a case on (someone)
  • headcase
  • I rest my case
  • in any case
  • in case
  • in case of
  • in case of something
  • in case you missed it
  • in no case
  • in that case
  • in the case of
  • in the case of (someone or something)
  • just in case
  • keep off back
  • make a case for (something)
  • make a case that
  • make a federal case (out) of (something)
  • make a federal case of
  • make a federal case out of
  • make a federal case out of something
  • make out a case
  • make out like (something is the case)
  • make out that (something is the case)
  • meet the case
  • nut case
  • nutcase
  • off (one's) case
  • off case
  • off someone's back
  • on (one's) case
  • on case
  • on someone's back
  • on the case
  • open-and-shut case
  • piece of cake
  • prove to (one) that (something is the case)
  • rest your case
  • staircase wit
  • the shorts
  • the worst-case scenario
  • work (one's) soul case out
  • work it so (that) (something is the case)
  • work the soul case out of
  • work things so (that) (something is the case)
  • worst-case scenario
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