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单词 case
释义
1. instances and other abstract meanings2. containers3. grammar term
case
(ks )
instances and other abstract meanings
Word forms: cases
1. countable noun [oft in NOUN] A2
A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something.
Surgical training takes at least nine years, or 11 in the case of obstetrics. [+ of]
One of the effects of dyslexia, in my case at least, is that you pay tremendous attention to detail.
In extreme cases, insurance companies can prosecute for fraud.
The Honduran press published reports of eighteen cases of alleged baby snatching. [+ of]
Synonyms: situation, event, circumstance(s), state  
2. countable noun
A case is a person or their particular problem that a doctor, social worker, or other professional is dealing with.
...the case of a 57-year-old man who had suffered a stroke. [+ of]
Some cases of arthritis respond to a gluten-free diet. [+ of]
Child protection workers were meeting to discuss her case.
Synonyms: instance, example, occasion, specimen  
3. countable noun [adjective NOUN]
If you say that someone is a sad case or a hopeless case, you mean that they are in a sad situation or a hopeless situation.
I knew I was going to make it–that I wasn't a hopeless case.
4.  See also basket case, nutcase
5. countable noun B2
A case is a crime or mystery that the police are investigating.
The couple were made official suspects in the case.
Mr. Hitchens said you have solved some very unusual cases.
6. countable noun [usually singular] B2
The case for or against a plan or idea consists of the facts and reasons used to support it or oppose it.
He sat there while I made the case for his dismissal. [+ for]
Both these facts strengthen the case against hanging. [+ against]
She argued her case.
Synonyms: argument, reasoning, ground(s), defence  
7. countable noun B2
In law, a case is a trial or other legal inquiry.
It can be difficult for public figures to win a libel case.
The case was brought by his family, who say their reputation has been damaged.
8.  See also test case
9. in any case phrase B2
You say in any case after talking about things that you are not sure about, to emphasize that your next statement is the most important thing or the thing that you are sure about. [emphasis]
Either he escaped, or he came to grief. In any case, he was never seen again.
10. in any case phrase B2
You say in any case when you are adding something which is more important than what you have just said, but which supports or corrects it. [emphasis]
Alf said that there was nothing he could do, and in any case, it was a private matter.
11. in case/just in case phrase B1
If you do something in case or just in case a particular thing happens, you do it because that thing might happen.
In case anyone was following me, I made an elaborate detour.
Extra boiling water should be kept at hand just in case it is needed.
12. in case of sth phrase B1
If you do something or have something in case of a particular thing, you do it or have it because that thing might happen or be true.
Many shops along the route have been boarded up in case of trouble.
13. in case phrase B1+
You use in case in expressions like 'in case you didn't know' or 'in case you've forgotten' when you are telling someone in a rather irritated way something that you think is either obvious or none of their business. [feelings]
She's nervous about something, in case you didn't notice.
'I'm waiting for Mary Ann,' she said, 'in case you're wondering.'
14. in that/which case phrase B2
You say in that case or in which case to indicate that what you are going to say is true if the possible situation that has just been mentioned actually exists.
Perhaps you've some doubts about the attack. In that case it may interest you to know that Miss Woods witnessed it.
Members are concerned that a merger might mean higher costs, in which case they would oppose it.
15. just in case phrase B1+
You can say that you are doing something just in case to refer vaguely to the possibility that a thing might happen or be true, without saying exactly what it is.
I guess we've already talked about this but I'll ask you again just in case.
16. as/whatever the case may be phrase
You say as the case may be or whatever the case may be to indicate that the statement you are making applies equally to the two or more alternatives that you have mentioned.
They know how everything works–or doesn't work, as the case may be.
17. a case of phrase B2
If you say that a task or situation is a case of a particular thing, you mean that it consists of that thing or can be described as that thing.
It's a case of relaxing, then playing.
It's not a case of whether anyone would notice or not.
18. a case in point phrase
If you say that something is a case in point, you mean that it is a good example of something you have just mentioned.
In many cases religious persecution is the cause of people fleeing their country. A case in point is colonial India.
19. to be the case phrase B2
If you say that something is the case, you mean that it is true or correct.
You'll probably notice her having difficulty swallowing. If this is the case, give her plenty of liquids.
Consumers had hoped the higher prices would mean more goods in stores. But that was not the case.
20. on the case phrase
If you say that someone is on the case, you mean that they are aware of a particular problem and are trying to resolve it.
Management is on the case now, and it looks as if things will return to normal soon.
case
(ks )
containers
Word forms: cases
1. countable noun [oft noun NOUN] A2
A case is a container that is specially designed to hold or protect something.
...a black case for his spectacles. [+ for]
Synonyms: cabinet, box, chest, holder  
2.  See also attaché case, bookcase, briefcase, packing case, pillowcase, showcase
3. countable noun A2
A case is a suitcase.
4. countable noun
A case of wine or other alcoholic drink is a box containing a number of bottles, usually twelve, which is sold as a single unit.
...a case of champagne.
case
(ks )
grammar term
Word forms: cases
1. countable noun
In the grammar of many languages, the case of a group such as a noun group or adjective group is the form it has which shows its relationship to other groups in the sentence.
2.  accusative, nominative
3.  See also lower case, upper case
Idioms:
on the case
dealing with a particular problem or situation
I am on the case, and as soon as I have a solution to the problem, I'll let you know.
be on someone's case or get on someone's case
to keep criticizing someone in an annoying way, because you think that they have behaved badly
I don't need my friends getting on my case and telling me what to do as well.
a basket case
a country or organization whose economy or finances are in a very bad state
The popular image about Latin America a few years ago was that it was a basket case.
[informal]
a crazy or mentally ill person
You're going to think I'm a basket case when I tell you this, but we used to play with toys when we were about twenty.
Collocations:
adjourn a case
The case is adjourned until April.
The Sun (2010)
But the judge adjourned the case because the motive was unclear.
The Sun (2016)
He was not present and the case was adjourned until next week.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
bad case
It sounds to me like you've got a bad case of anxiety.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
A Trading Standards Investigations Manager said:'This is the worst case we've come across'.
The Sun (2014)
There were many worse cases.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
case illustrates
His case illustrates how we can ultimately become prisoners of our earlier free choices.
Times, Sunday Times
This case illustrates the three different kinds of liability faced by embezzlers.
Christianity Today
The case illustrates the need for clear guidance for prison officers and other professionals who might be involved in restraining prisoners outside the prison environment.
Times, Sunday Times
As this case illustrates, this can result in hiring decisions being made on the basis of incorrect information.
Christianity Today
This case illustrates the importance of ministers being familiar with the legal requirements for solemnizing marriages in their state.
Christianity Today
case involves
The case involved a situation that occurs often in public employment.
Tompkins, Jonathan Human Resource Management in Government (1995)
In a similar case involving a cohabiting couple in 2007 it was accepted that deceit was involved but the outcome of the case not made public.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Yesterday he was jailed for two years in the first domestic servitude case involving a man and wife.
The Sun (2016)
This case involved a forty-two-year-old naturalist sleeping out in the Sierras, some wildflower expert.
Michael Crichton PREY (2002)
In a 1999 case involving the unwed parents of triplets, however, he referred to the city's ' morals and standards'.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
case of misconduct
So might the introduction of a proper recall mechanism as a last resort in the case of misconduct.
Times, Sunday Times
I don't think we'll get to nirvana with no cases of misconduct in financial markets.
Times, Sunday Times
And these are clearly egregious cases of misconduct.
Times, Sunday Times
The panel investigated 36 cases of misconduct over the past four years - 33 involving individual players, two involving a team and one involving a club.
Times, Sunday Times
In his four and a half years in office, he had looked into more than 50,000 cases of misconduct and complaints from members of the public.
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case of trial and error
Fortunately, there are plenty of treatments available, though it can be a case of trial and error to find one that works for you.
The Sun
There was very little information available, so it was a case of trial and error.
Times, Sunday Times
It's just a case of trial and error to find the treatment - or combo of treatments - that works best for you.
The Sun
It can be a case of trial and error to find a treatment that helps.
The Sun
New treatments are emerging all the time, but for most people it's a case of trial and error with the usual suspects - antihistamines, eyedrops and nose sprays.
The Sun
case presents
All cases presented a nasal obstruction and hyposmia, and in one case cephalalgia.
Carmelo Saraniti 2018, 'SINONASAL RESPIRATORY EPITHELIAL ADENOMATOID HAMARTOMA: A REPORT ON THREE CASES.', Euromediterranean Biomedical Journal
We report a case presenting with an isolated central sulcus hemorrhage on computed tomography.
Murthy R. Chamarthy, Yogesh Kumar, Michael D. Meszaros, Ankit Shah, Mark A. Rosovsky 2012, 'Isolated Central Sulcus Hemorrhage: A Rare Presentation Most Frequently Associated with Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy', Case Reports in Radiology
While one case presented with significant cerebral anomalies, the other one presented with hydrops fetalis.
Manon Vouga, David Baud, Eugénie Jolivet, Fatiha Najioullah, Alice Monthieux, Bruno Schaub 2018, 'Congenital Zika virus syndrome…what else? Two case reports of severe combined fetal pathologies', BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Moreover, the index case presented with many episodes of pulmonary infections concomitant with severe neutropenia.
Zineb Jouhadi, Marie Francoise Odou, Farid Zerimech, Ahmed Aziz Bousfiha, Nabiha Mikou, Nicole Porchet, Michel Crepin, Jilali Najib, Malika Balduyck 2018, 'Alpha1 antitrypsin deficiency due to an homozygous PI* Null Q0Cairo mutation: Early onset of pulmonary manifestations and variability of clinical expression', Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
Two cases presented as cerebral venous sinus thrombosis and the third case as pachymeningitis.
Chandramohan Sharma, Banshilal Kumawat, Kaushik R Rana, Tarachand Saini 2018, 'Neuro-Behcet's disease: A report of three clinically distinct cases from North-west India', Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEU
case review
They said a serious case review would now examine whether they failed.
The Sun (2013)
cite a case
Be familiar with mooting conventions - practise how to introduce and refer to your opponent; address the judge; cite a case; and close your submissions.
Times, Sunday Times
I cite the case of one beloved and blessed couple.
Times, Sunday Times
The bill's supporters cannot provide evidence that doctors are deterred from innovation by threat of litigation, or cite a case where a doctor has been sued for innovative treatment.
Times, Sunday Times
She cited the case of some energy companies moving away from oil towards renewables.
Times, Sunday Times
He cited a case he was recently involved in where a lawyer disappeared in his light aircraft over the sea.
Times, Sunday Times
civil case
It’s neither a civil case nor a criminal one.
canada.com
They would consider a civil case - but have no idea just who to sue.
The Sun
Both the prosecution for fraud and a civil case were launched at her instigation, he said.
Times, Sunday Times
One of the jurors stated that it should have been a civil case.
Times, Sunday Times
They could lead to criminal charges that could put the civil case in an entirely different light.
Times, Sunday Times
classic case
Apparently this is a classic case of what doggy psychiatrists call ' separation anxiety'.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The labour-saving, fastacting television remote control is a classic case in point.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This was a classic case of underfunding and understaffing.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Some analysts said the price plunge was a classic case of overexcitement followed by a reality check.
The Sun (2016)
It was a classic case of large fleas, smaller fleas, and so on ad infinitum.
Babson, Marian DEATH IN FASHION (2002)
clear-cut case
It was not a clear-cut case.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It is hard to think of a more clear-cut case of party political campaigning by a charity.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It is rare to have such a clear-cut case.
The Sun (2009)
Their behaviour is a clear-cut case for the return of national service.
The Sun (2010)
There is a clear-cut case for some form of structural separation.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
compelling case
He wasn't the first to make the argument, but he made a compelling case.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There was a compelling case to implement the new offence.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Those in favour make an initially compelling case.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
complex case
It has been a very complex case to solve.
The Sun (2012)
In complex fraud cases such an investigation is not unduly long.
The Sun (2012)
Officials said it was the most complex murder case and the most serious example of corruption in the party's history.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
confirmed case
The number of confirmed cases is approaching 700.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
As well as the 19 confirmed cases, 17 dogs are suspected victims of the disease.
The Sun (2014)
The Department of Heath has confirmed a fatal human case of the virus
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
consider the case
Consider the case of Mozart.
Advanced Educational Psychology For Educators, Researchers and Policymakers, (1995)
Now consider the worst case.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
To take just one example of the style of argument involved here consider the case of public expenditure.
Choice, Rationality, and Social Theory (1988)
convincing case
It would be helpful if potential replacements were making a more convincing case for themselves.
Times, Sunday Times
A rather convincing case can be built by the fact that ministers who own homes average an equity of $35,000.
Christianity Today
It would clarify the situation, make a convincing case for change, hurry the endgame.
Times, Sunday Times
So far the government has not made a convincing case for extending the 28-day limit.
Times, Sunday Times
A convincing case for wind turbines if ever there was one.
The Sun
corruption case
In some countries, being found guilty in a massive corruption case would mean a long jail sentence.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He was charged with contempt yesterday after refusing to reopen a corruption case against the country's President.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The report reviewed 213 corruption cases and found that 70 % had relied on anonymous shell companies.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
criminal case
A six-month ban that, for a 41-year-old with a criminal case hanging over him, may just be the equivalent of a life sentence.
Times, Sunday Times
Before that, however, his legal team confirm that they will attempt to have the criminal case against him struck out.
Times, Sunday Times
While sympathetic, they told her too much time had elapsed and that a criminal case was out of the question.
Times, Sunday Times
The criminal case grinds on with little hope of resolution.
Christianity Today
His lawyers had said that because that appeal was still open the criminal case for smuggling should be delayed.
Times,Sunday Times
custody case
But, luckily for her, he agrees to support her in the custody case.
The Sun
She claimed that the custody case was launched days after she lodged a complaint in 2009 against management at the hospital where she underwent treatment.
Times, Sunday Times
A custody case would go to court, and why would they believe him?
The Sun
But her evidence was clear enough and convincing enough to persuade the judge in the custody case and the jury in the coroner's court.
Times, Sunday Times
The remainder of the proceeds were to be used to fund her divorce and custody cases.
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discrimination case
An 88-year-old hospital secretary frogmarched out of her office by security has become the oldest person to win an age discrimination case.
Times, Sunday Times
During my term as president a news item about an appeal in a discrimination case involving the selection of parliamentary candidates appeared in the press.
Times, Sunday Times
We don't do that - and frankly we're outraged at the thought - because we know it would lead to a discrimination case, as has happened, and because we'd lose our badge.
Times, Sunday Times
An important part of equality law was that in a discrimination case what had to be justified was not only the underlying measure but the discrimination.
Times, Sunday Times
Lawyers are giving warning of a flood of spurious age discrimination cases.
Times, Sunday Times
discuss a case
The council refused to discuss the case.
The Sun (2012)
The pair are barred from discussing the case.
The Sun (2008)
A spokesman for the prison service said: 'We do not discuss individual cases'.
The Sun (2007)
dismiss a case
The case was dismissed last June.
The Sun (2006)
A judge refused a plea by his family to dismiss the case.
The Sun (2013)
Then my solicitor told me they'd dismissed the case.
The Sun (2013)
divorce case
One recent divorce case even tolls a warning for childless cohabitees who regularise things.
Times, Sunday Times
A successful conclusion to the divorce case could net her a 200 million settlement.
Times, Sunday Times
The singer scheduled her toughest working days since her summer brush with malaria to coincide with her divorce case.
The Sun
While he may be into revelations, he would probably rather they weren't the kind that have emerged during the divorce case.
Times, Sunday Times
After all, although he signed the most lucrative contract in baseball, a potentially ruinous divorce case looms.
Times, Sunday Times
drop a case
Police dropped the case last month.
The Sun (2008)
Cops said there was insufficient evidence and the case was dropped in February.
The Sun (2016)
The pair were charged with neglect but the case was dropped .
The Sun (2015)
espionage case
This may have prompted his staff to fabricate espionage cases against suspected dissidents.
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It performs internal security investigations, gathers intelligence, and has primary responsibility for sedition and espionage cases.
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Military courts make up the largest group of special courts and try all treason and espionage cases.
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examine a case
The Public Prosecutor's Office confirmed they are now examining the case.
The Sun (2014)
The case was examined but dropped in 2013 when the man denied the allegations.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He was trapped when police examined the case again and found a DNA match to him.
The Sun (2011)
exceptional case
This is an exceptional case and if action is not taken it could end tragically.
The Sun (2010)
It is an exceptional case.
The Sun (2016)
The judge said: 'This is an exceptional case of the utmost gravity.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
extreme case
The 22-month-old suffers from an extreme case of hydrocephalus - water on the brain - which saw her skull swell to 37in in circumference.
The Sun (2013)
That is an extreme case of letting yourself go.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This is an extreme case but it highlights the dangers that lurk online.
The Sun (2015)
fight a case
He is fighting the case in court.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
One father is so incensed at the fines he is fighting a legal case against the regulations.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He added: 'Often we choose not to fight a case because the circumstances of the appellant change'.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
flu case
Cold and flu cases were also up more than a third last week - on the same period in 2012.
The Sun
You can count the burglaries, flu cases or cancer diagnoses in your neighbourhood.
Times, Sunday Times
One fascinating study compared the numbers of flu cases with weather records over 30 years.
Times, Sunday Times
A total of 96 flu cases were eventually confirmed at the school.
The Sun
Any return of the virus this winter may be accompanied by a heavy load of seasonal flu cases.
Times,Sunday Times
fraud case
One fraud case may be simple, another complex.
Times, Sunday Times
Eight were not included because they had helped in another fraud case, while details of 11 could not be traced.
The Sun
Can they stop bickering long enough to crack a complex fraud case linked to a shifty financier?
The Sun
So, in a fraud case, you might want very wide disclosure and that will still be an option.
Times, Sunday Times
The firm won a fraud case but punitive damages were denied.
The Sun
handle a case
The lawyer handling the case said 'more and more' victims were ' coming out of the woodwork '.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Select capable men, appoint them as judges, and let them handle the simpler cases.
Christianity Today (2000)
So is there a better way of handling these complex cases?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
harassment case
The thought of yet another harassment case was just too much to bear.
Times, Sunday Times
There have been six harassment cases there since 2011.
The Sun
If bullying and harassment cases were dealt with more informally at an early stage they might be prevented from escalating.
Times, Sunday Times
Ninety-nine harassment cases were recorded last year, up from 60 in 2018, according to figures released under freedom of information laws.
Times,Sunday Times
A rise in bullying and harassment cases on his watch.
Times, Sunday Times
high-profile case
The same must be said of almost every other high-profile case.
Times, Sunday Times
Another high-profile case was the disputed presidential election in 2000.
Times, Sunday Times
In the absence of her body, he remained at large - until last week when the high-profile case lunged forward.
Times,Sunday Times
This will be the most high-profile case yet to be funded in such a way.
Times, Sunday Times
It would make it hard to see how watchdogs could ever bring another high-profile case to court again and be taken seriously.
Times, Sunday Times
hopeless case
I played the role of the hopeless case and allowed her to infantilise me.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Winning then taught me that there is no such thing as a hopeless case.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
They thought of me as a hopeless case where marriage was concerned.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
To them he was a hopeless case.
Iain Gale Man of Honour (2007)
They can lose a hopeless case but quite legally claim their huge costs.
The Sun (2017)
in both cases
In both cases, excitement was the root cause.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I would not be sorry to be wrong in both cases.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
And in both cases they were told the referee should not have given penalties that day.
The Sun (2013)
investigate a case
Three very different cops are drawn in to investigate the case.
Times,Sunday Times
But there was no chance of a conviction because it took too long to investigate the case.
The Sun
A letter from the bank arrived saying that it needed to 'investigate the case further'.
Times, Sunday Times
But in the meantime he decided to try to investigate the case himself.
Times, Sunday Times
I was told to expect a detective to investigate the case.
Times, Sunday Times
isolated case
Nor was that an isolated case of acrimony.
Times, Sunday Times
But this isn't an isolated case and it isn't just foreigners who pose a threat.
The Sun
These are isolated case studies, but they point to a larger story.
Times, Sunday Times
The tabloid has maintained this was an isolated case.
Times, Sunday Times
If it were an isolated case, it might do no more than raise a few eyebrows.
Times, Sunday Times
known case
The last known case was a three-month old who recovered last month.
The Sun
We were witnessing a phenomenon so rare that there was, until three years ago, no known case anywhere in the world.
Times, Sunday Times
In 2007, a specimen was found with two heads, the oldest known case of polycephaly.
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It was more notably the first known case of professional gamblers' attempting to fix a professional sport.
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It was the first known case of sabotage aboard a commercial jet airliner.
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landmark case
A judge threw out the landmark case, saying it was unsafe and unfair to let a jury decide.
The Sun
Lawyers called it a landmark case that could transform the way that media rights are sold in sport, film and music.
Times, Sunday Times
About 35 defence lawyers were engaged to fight what was seen as a landmark case.
Times, Sunday Times
This week the multimillion-are and reclusive author will be in court to defend his blockbuster in the landmark case.
Times, Sunday Times
The law has been clear on this point since a landmark case was brought in 1898.
Times, Sunday Times
leather case
A macro attachment for close-up inspections and a leather case are the icing on a delicious cake.
Times, Sunday Times
With a leather case and aluminium edges, it's aesthetically pleasing (229.95; simplyelectronics.net).
Times, Sunday Times
He carried a doctor's leather case with a metal chain down his arm, attached to the bag.
The Sun
They were put in a leather case and put in the attic.
Times, Sunday Times
It comes in a folding, creamy leather case and feels like a real treat - not a decanted sample - every time you take it out.
Times, Sunday Times
legal case
His legal case will rest on his claim that he did not ask to be removed.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The possibility of a legal case is the first concern of many companies.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In any legal case, such insouciance is irresponsible.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
mild case
A mild case makes balance difficult, with motion of any kind exacerbating the problem.
Christianity Today
A mild case of career envy.
Times, Sunday Times
I had a very mild case, a real classic case.
Times, Sunday Times
Playing against such refinement were a boyish appearance and a jerky style of delivery that suggested a mild case of hiccups.
Globe and Mail
Could it be she has a mild case of dromomania, the medical term for an impulsive urge to travel?
Globe and Mail
notorious case
In the most notorious case, in 2002, two prisoners were boiled alive.
Times, Sunday Times
It was a notorious case.
The Sun
But there are some notorious cases that turned into crises for the manufacturers concerned.
Times, Sunday Times
This book analyses effectively the differences between these notorious cases.
The Times Literary Supplement
There were a number of notorious cases where individuals were able to escape prosecution.
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overstate the case
This seems to overstate the case.
The Times Literary Supplement
We shouldn't overstate the case.
Times, Sunday Times
And, in his lordship's opinion, that did not overstate the case.
Times, Sunday Times
To say that their words were opaque would be to overstate the case.
Times, Sunday Times
I don't want to overstate the case.
Times, Sunday Times
particular case
In this particular case the agents kept the property in the window and on their website until exchange.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In that particular case the surfer had entered very dangerous sea conditions from an area of the beach not patrolled by lifeguards.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Lawyers are not usually able to predict with certainty or confidence the outcome of any particular case.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
`In this particular case, we were prepared for... contingencies.
Babson, Marian DEATH IN FASHION (2003)
persuasive case
Organising the factual and medical evidence into a persuasive case at short notice, and presenting it in a sensitive way.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
If there is a persuasive case for the move, it has yet to be made.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Opponents concede she makes a persuasive case for change but she has failed to cast off sectarian baggage.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
She makes a persuasive case for a miscarriage of justice.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This beautifully shot hour certainly makes a persuasive case.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
poisoning case
The poisoning case was a chance to see how a judge would interpret the new law.
Globe and Mail
Visitors explore a real-world poisoning case that highlights advances in toxicology and forensics since the 19th century.
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She said that aconite was a popular garden plant and poisoning cases involving it were uncommon.
Times, Sunday Times
Alcohol poisoning cases treated in hospitals have exploded from 35,171 ten years ago to 92,308 last year.
The Sun
Using nitrites has been justified as a way of preventing food poisoning cases, but experts think they may also promote the growth of cancercausing chemicals.
Times, Sunday Times
present a case
If she carries on as normal, but the council refuses to use its enforcement powers, you could appoint a solicitor to present your case.
Times,Sunday Times
I intend to supply a definition of biblical exposition and to present a case for it.
Christianity Today
Officially, the loss-making securities business will have an opportunity to present a case to remain open within the next 30 days.
Times, Sunday Times
These cases take far longer than they ought to because the litigants struggle to present their case and judges struggle to understand them.
Times, Sunday Times
An advocate should present her case as though she were discussing it over dinner with her family.
Times,Sunday Times
prosecute a case
It must be asked why it was felt to be in the interests of the public to prosecute the case.
Times, Sunday Times
Of course, it may be less likely that a prosecutor will prosecute a case under these circumstances.
Christianity Today
As an actor, did he feel he was in a production trying to tell the truth, or did he feel he was helping to prosecute a case?
Times,Sunday Times
He worked mainly as an administrator, although he occasionally appeared in court to help the attorney general prosecute a case.
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That was partly for convenience, because the district attorneys prosecuting the case had their offices close to the court.
Times, Sunday Times
pursue a case
She is pursuing a case through the French courts, alleging breach of copyright.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Any lawyer had a duty not to pursue a case that was hopeless, he added.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It emerged last night that some are to pursue civil cases against him.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
rare case
The cancer deal is a rare case of a large western pharmaceuticals company buying the rights to a Chinese medical invention.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
This is an exceptional and thankfully rare case.
The Sun (2010)
Here, the authors present a rare case of schwannomatosis affecting the left spinal accessory nerve.
Ramin A. Morshed, Anthony T. Lee, Young M. Lee, Cynthia T. Chin, Line Jacques 2019, 'Schwannomatosis of the Spinal Accessory Nerve: A Case Report', Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury
We named this rare case abacus-based acalculia.
Satoshi eTanaka, Keiko eSeki, Takashi eHanakawa, Madoka eHarada, Sho K Sugawara, Sho K Sugawara, Norihiro eSadato, Norihiro eSadato, Katsumi eWatanabe, Manabu eHonda 2012, 'Abacus in the brain: a longitudinal functional MRI study of a skilled abacus user with the right hemispheric lesion', Frontiers in Psychology
We present a rare case of amyloidosis initially presenting with giant calcified inguinal adenopathy.
Prof. Dr. F.M. Vanhoenacker, K. Vanwambeke, G. Jacomen 2014, 'Amyloidosis: An Unusual cause of Mesenteric, Omental and Lymph node Calcifications', Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
reopen a case
The police should reopen the case.
The Sun (2016)
The case was reopened in 2002 using new DNA techniques.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It was only after her lawyer wrote to the chief inspector that the case was reopened .
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
report a case
Only four or five per cent of victims are reporting cases.
The Sun (2015)
There were no reported cases of suicide assisted by doctors.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Only one previous case was reported as being the result of a cricket ball.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
reported case
There was no reported case, indeed it would appear, no unreported case, no textbook, no article which suggested otherwise.
Times, Sunday Times
For each reported case an estimated 288 go unreported - meaning around 1.1 million people have had the virus since the summer.
The Sun
Last year, the first serious reported case of deepfake audio fraud emerged.
Times,Sunday Times
But it estimates that for every reported case, 288 are not flagged up.
The Sun
In no reported case has any court ever interpreted the tax code and regulations to require that a charity's employer identification number be listed on contribution receipts.
Christianity Today
resolve a case
A year of correspondence with its chief executive failed to resolve the case.
Times, Sunday Times
Judicial decisions in a common law system not only resolve the case in front of the court, they also create new law.
Times, Sunday Times
High-level talks were in progress yesterday to resolve the case.
Times, Sunday Times
Curbs on volume of paper and expert witness evidence, which will be allowed only when necessary to resolve a case justly.
Times, Sunday Times
Sometimes this would resolve the case.
Times, Sunday Times
settle a case
The case was settled out of court.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A spokesman said that the company had agreed to settle the case without admitting liability.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He brought the claim in November but the case was settled before a full hearing and withdrawn in April.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
severe case
Precisely because we are afflicted with this severe case of observational bias, the mediocrity principle need not follow.
Times, Sunday Times
A severe case of hirsutism - excess hairiness, in case you haven't already guessed.
The Sun
They're the most severe case of feather loss we've seen, so we knew we had to do something extra for them.
Times, Sunday Times
But her hopes of tasting glory were dashed when she was hospitalised aged 16 with a severe case of acid reflux, which aggravated her asthma.
Times, Sunday Times
She might say she's okay, but from where we're standing it looks like a severe case of outfittus erraticus.
Times, Sunday Times
similar case
The list of similar cases is endless.
The Sun (2012)
Oxfam is a similar case.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It's a similar case for chat shows.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
solve a case
Only a handful of cases are solved.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
A Lego brick has helped solve a murder case, according to police.
The Sun (2014)
It's up to Gently to convince him to come back and help solve the case of a man who died in police custody.
The Sun (2014)
suspect case
A total of 88 suspected cases have been investigated in the city.
Times, Sunday Times
The country now has no suspected cases, the ministry said, but authorities are monitoring 26 people who had come into contact with ebola cases.
Times, Sunday Times
But there's a suspected case in a human.
Times, Sunday Times
Recently suspected cases of mumps have surged to about 2,000 a week.
Times, Sunday Times
Officials said they kept suspected cases separate from other patients and had been 'exceptionally busy'.
The Sun
suspected case
But there's a suspected case in a human.
Times, Sunday Times
Another, with a suspected case of the same illness, survived.
canada.com
Another suspected case was reported yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times
Several suspected cases involving individuals who were on the same flight as the initial suspected case are being tracked but are believe to have dispersed throughout the country.
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There are suspected cases in 14 other countries.
The Sun
textbook case
We have the theoretical knowledge but very little in medicine is a textbook case.
The Sun (2013)
Manhattan is literally a textbook case of bad economics.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It is a textbook case of the persistence of bad economic policy.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Her life seems to be a textbook case on the dangers of fame.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
theft case
In letters filed at court in the theft case, friends and relatives described him as trustworthy, honest, decent, hardworking, generous and a doting father left heartbroken by his wife's loss.
Times, Sunday Times
Police opened a theft case.
The Star (South Africa)
And 75 per cent of theft cases were closed with no suspect identified.
The Sun
No suspect was identified in 1.3 million theft cases out of 1.9 million, or in 34,500 of 64,000 robberies.
Times, Sunday Times
There were also many complaints about mobile phone theft insurance, home emergency cover, mis-sold warranties and problems obtaining insurance payouts in identity theft cases.
Times, Sunday Times
tragic case
It is a deeply, deeply tragic case.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This is a very tragic case but she died after swallowing a toxic chemical.
The Sun (2011)
This is a tragic case where there are no winners and all are losers.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
unsolved case
Years later, the same unsolved case will be her final swansong.
Times, Sunday Times
A post-mortem reveals that her wounds match those from an unsolved case five years earlier.
The Sun
This stylish, suspenseful documentary re-examines commercial aviation's only unsolved case of air piracy.
Times,Sunday Times
This documentary re-opens the unsolved case.
Times, Sunday Times
The only people to attend the service were a few police officers who worked on his unsolved case.
Times, Sunday Times
unusual case
A spokesman for the firm said:'We were concerned to hear of this unusual case.
The Sun (2016)
We report an unusual case of patellar button migration 11 years after total knee arthroplasty to the prepatellar bursa.
Thomas Hester, Farid Moftah 2016, 'An Unusual Prepatellar Bursa Swelling: Patellar Button Dissociation and Migration', Case Reports in Orthopedics
This paper presents a rare and unusual case of triple teeth in mandibular primary dentition.
Prashant Babaji, M. A. Prasanth, Ajith R. Gowda, Soumya Ajith, Henston D'Souza, K. P. Ashok 2012, 'Triple Teeth: Report of an Unusual Case', Case Reports in Dentistry
We encountered an unusual case of post-nephrectomy urinary fistula, as a complication of subcapsular nephrectomy.
Nayyar R, Singh P, Gupta N 2010, 'Pitfalls of subcapsular nephrectomy: Report of a case with point of technique to avoid urinary fistula formation', Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
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Chinese: 案例,
Japanese: 場合, ケース
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