[, ]the group of people, led by a judge, a group of judges or another official, who listen to legal cases and make decisions on them（参与审讯的）全体审判人员◆We would have to go to court in order to stop the merger.我们将不得不诉诸法院以阻止合并。◆They took the directors to court over the decision.他们把董事告上了法庭。◆The firm offered $20 million to settle out of court(= end the case without the court making a decision).这家公司拿出 2 000 万元用作庭外和解。➡tribunal ⨁ a court hears / orders / rules / says sth法庭审理／下令／裁定／表示⨁a court decision / ruling法院判决／裁决⨁a court action / case / hearing / trial法院诉讼／案子／审理／审判 [, ]the place where legal cases are listened to and decided法院；法庭◆Her lawyer made a statement outside the court.她的律师在法庭外发表了一份声明。SYNlaw court ➡courtroom [] the group of people, led by a judge or another official, who deal with a particular type of legal case or with cases from a particular area; the place where these cases are listened to and decided（处理某类型或某地方案件的）全体审判人员；（处理这类案件的）法庭，法院◆The sale of the company must be approved by the bankruptcy court.出售公司必须得到破产法庭的批准。⨁a bankruptcy / divorce court破产／离婚法庭⨁a county / federal / state court郡／联邦／州法院●rule/throw sth out of ˈcourtto say that sth is completely wrong or not worth considering, especially in a court（尤指在法庭上）指明完全错误，不予考虑◆The charges were thrown out of court.这些指控未予受理。◆Well that's my theory ruled out of court.唉，那就是我遭到摒弃的意见。labour court law court out-of-court