case
案例,案件,案子,案
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Definitions
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- : an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something: Sailing in such a storm was a case of poor judgment.
- : the actual state of things: That is not the case.
- : a question or problem of moral conduct; matter: a case of conscience.
- : situation; circumstance; plight: Mine is a sad case.
- : a person or thing whose plight or situation calls for attention: This family is a hardship case.
- : a specific occurrence or matter requiring discussion, decision, or investigation, as by officials or law-enforcement authorities: The police studied the case of the missing jewels.
- : a stated argument used to support a viewpoint: He presented a strong case against the proposed law.
- : an instance of disease, injury, etc., requiring medical or surgical attention or treatment; individual affliction: She had a severe case of chicken pox.
- : a medical or surgical patient.
- : Law. a suit or action at law; cause. a set of facts giving rise to a legal claim, or to a defense to a legal claim.
- : Grammar. a category in the inflection of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives, noting the syntactic relation of these words to other words in the sentence, indicated by the form or the position of the words.a set of such categories in a particular language.the meaning of or the meaning typical of such a category.such categories or their meanings collectively.
- : Informal. a peculiar or unusual person: He's a case.
Phrases
- case in point
- basket case
- get down to brass tacks (cases)
- have a case on
- in any case
- in case of
- in no case
- in the case of
- just in case
- make a federal case
- off someone's back (case)
- open and shut case
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
In some cases, it’s people that didn’t even know they were sick.
The case stemmed from challenges to the state’s orders to close “non life-sustaining” businesses and to limit gatherings to 25 people indoors or 250 people outdoors.
Redfield said he expected a vaccine to start being available in November or December, with the first people to receive it being those with health problems that make them most vulnerable to a severe case or death if they are infected.
In the past, when I’ve discussed a case, unfortunately, that individual’s name was leaked to the media.
In each case, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leads — by a wide margin in Minnesota and a narrow one in Wisconsin.
Certain features of its history suggest why this may be the case.
And, in the case of fluoride, at least, that doubt might actually be justified.
Her latest book, Heretic: The Case for a Muslim Reformation, will be published in April by HarperCollins.
Their friendship began when Krauss, who was chairman of the physics department at Case Western in Cleveland, sought out Epstein.
A grand juror in the Ferguson case is suing to be able to explain exactly what went down in the courtroom.
The case was an assault and battery that came off between two men named Brown and Henderson.
In this case, I suspect, there was co-operant a strongly marked childish characteristic, the love of producing an effect.
Sometimes in the case of large plants, cones have been known to occur on the tips of the branches of the Marsh Horsetail.
As a rule, however, even in the case of extreme varieties, a careful examination of the specimen will enable it to be identified.
Thus was the man left entirely to the devil, not even his life being reserved, as in the case of Job.