court ♦︎ tribunal ♦︎ courtroom ♦︎ court of law ♦︎ court of appeal ♦︎ courthouse ♦︎ law courtThese are all words for a place where trials and other legal cases are held and judged.这些词均表示法院、法庭。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆in a court / tribunal / courtroom / court of law / courthouse / law court◆before a court / tribunal / court of law / court of appeal◆at a court / tribunal / law court◆a local court / tribunal / courthouse / law court◆to take sb to / come before / set up / apply to a court / tribunal / court of appeal◆to go to / refer sth to / appear before / attend / tell / preside over a court / tribunal◆a court / tribunal / court of appeal hears / dismisses / upholds sth◆a court / tribunal orders / rules sth■court [countable, uncountable] a place where legal trials take place and are judged法院；法庭；审判庭◆She will appear in court tomorrow.她明天出庭。◆They took their landlord to court for breaking the contract.他们到法院告房东违约。◆The case took five years to come to court.那一案件历时五年法院才审理。◆There wasn't enough evidence to bring the case to court.此案证据不足，未能提交法庭。◆The case was settled out of court(= a decision was reached without a trial).此案庭外和解了。◆He won the court case and was awarded damages.他胜诉获得赔偿。ⓘ The court [singular] is the people in a court, especially those who make decisions, such as a judge and jury.作为单数形式的the court指出庭人员，尤指作裁决的人，如法官和陪审团◆The case is now before the court.这个案件现已提交法庭审理。◆Please tell the court what happened.请告诉法庭发生了什么事。■tribunal / /traɪˈbjuːnl/ / [singular + singular or plural verb] a type of court with the authority to deal with a particular problem or disagreement特别法庭；裁判所◆A war crimes tribunal was set up to prosecute those charged with atrocities.成立了一个战争罪行特别法庭，起诉那些被控犯有战争暴行的人。◆The fee for the player will be decided by tribunal.给运动员的费用将由裁判所决定。◆ (BrE) He lost his appeal against the decision at an industrial tribunal(= a court that can decide on disputes between employees and employers).劳资裁判庭判决他对那个决定的上诉败诉。■courtroom /ˈkɔːtruːm, ˈkɔːtrʊm; NAmEˈkɔːrtruːm/ [countable] a room in which trials or other legal cases are held法庭；审判室◆The judge came back into the packed courtroom.法官回到了挤满人的审判室。◆She could face a bitter courtroom battle.她可能会面临一场激烈的法庭争斗。■ˌcourt of ˈlaw(pluralcourts of law) [countable] (formal) a place where legal cases are held法庭；法院◆There was nothing that could be proved in a court of law.在法庭上什么也没能证明。■ˌcourt of apˈpeal ( appeal court) (pluralcourts of appeal, appeal courts) [countable] a court that people can go to in order to try and change legal decisions that have been made in a lower court上诉法院◆There is a right of appeal to the court of appeal.有向上诉法院上诉的权利。ⓘ In Britain, the Court of Appeal is the highest court apart from the House of Lords and can change legal decisions made by a lower court. In the US, the highest court is the Supreme Court. Below this, there are a number of Courts of Appeals, which can change legal decisions made by a lower court.在英国，Court of Appeal指除上议院之外的最高法院，能够改变下级法院的司法决定。在美国，最高法院是Supreme Court，其下有若干Court of Appeal（上诉法院），可以改变下级法院的司法决定。■courthouse /ˈkɔːthaʊs; NAmEˈkɔːrthaʊs/ (NAmE) a building containing courts of law法院大楼◆The prison is opposite the courthouse.监狱在法院大楼对面。■ˈlaw court [countable] (BrE) a court of law; a building containing courts of law法庭；法院；法院大楼◆He has a job as an interpreter in the law courts.他在法院从事口译工作。NOTE辨析 Court, courtroom, court of law, courthouse or law court?Court is the most general of these words, and is used to talk about both the room or building where trials take place and the process of holding, attending and judging legal cases. * court在这些词中含义最广，既可指审案的场所，也可指审理、出庭和裁决的过程◆to go / take sb / bring a case to court上法院；把某人告上法庭；将案件提交法庭Court of law is a more formal way of saying court, used especially when talking about the place or building, rather than the process of going to court. A courtroom is the actual room where a trial takes place, used especially to suggest all the people crowded into the room, or facing each other across the room. Law court (in British English) is more often used to refer to the building where the courts are; courthouse is used for this in American English. * court of law是court更正式的说法，尤指审案的地点或建筑物，而非打官司的过程。courtroom指审判室本身，尤用来指所有人都挤在那里，或在庭内面对面坐着。law court在英式英语中多指有多个审判室的法院大楼，美式英语中表达此义用courthouse。