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The word “case” may refer to a few different things.
“case”這個詞有幾種不同的含義。
A case might be a thing that is used to carry or hold other things:
第一種意思是指裝東西的容器，如：箱子、盒子。
【例句】
? I went to the store and bought a case of beer.
我到商店去買了一箱啤酒。
? Restaurants buy wine by the case.
餐廳成箱購買紅酒。
? Rachel carries her guitar around in a guitar case.
蕾切爾把她的吉他裝在吉他箱里帶著。
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This word is found in compound nouns:
可以用來組成復(fù)合名詞。
【例句】
? A bookcase holds books.
書架用來裝書。
? You use a staircase to move between floors of a building or a house.
你可以使用梯子在一幢大樓或者一幢房子里的樓層之間移動。
? A gun case holds guns.
槍套是用來裝槍的。
? Charles carries a briefcase to work. (briefcase = a rectangular box used for carrying important paper and documents.)
查爾斯帶著公文包去上班。（公文包：一種用來裝重要文件和文檔的矩形包。）
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A case might also be a situation:
第二種意思是情況、案例、案件。
【例句】
? The detectives are dealing with a difficult case that involves a person’s homicide.
這些偵探正在處理一件有關(guān)謀殺的復(fù)雜案件。
? Tony has a case of the flu.
托尼得了流感。
? Martha is conducting a case study on diabetes in children.
瑪莎正在做一個關(guān)于兒童糖尿病的案例研究。
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The word “case” is used for letters:
第三種是指字母的大小寫。
【例句】
? all of these words are in a lower case.
所有字母都小寫。
? ALL OF THESE WORDS ARE IN AN UPPER CASE.
所有字母都大寫。
? Proper nouns use an upper case.
專有名詞要大寫。
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If the word “case” is used as a verb, it means that a person is looking for something or preparing to do something.
當(dāng)“case”用作動詞時，意為尋找某物，或為某事做準(zhǔn)備。
【例句】
? Thieves cased the jewelry store for several days before robbing it. (case = to prepare for a theft 為盜竊做準(zhǔn)備)
小偷在打劫珠寶店前做了幾天的準(zhǔn)備。
? Police are casing the neighborhood looking for clues to a murder.
警察正在為尋找謀殺案的線索而盤查街道。
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Combine the preposition “in” with “case” to form “in case.” We use “in case” to describe preparations for possible activity:
和介詞“in”組成短語“in case”，用來描述為可能的情況做準(zhǔn)備，即“以防”。
【例句】
? People carry umbrellas in case it rains.
人們帶傘以防下雨。
? In case of an emergency, it’s good to carry around a cell phone.
最好帶上手機以防突發(fā)狀況。

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