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the courthouse + verb
courthouse 作主语时通常带定冠词 the。
The courthouse stands in the center of the town.
法院大楼耸立在城镇中心。
法院大楼
courthouses — plural of courthouse
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法院大楼
a building where courts of law are held
The courthouse stands in the center of the town.
法院大楼耸立在城镇中心。
设有法庭的公共建筑
A public building housing courts of law.
The trial will be held at the new courthouse downtown.
审判将在市中心的新法院大楼举行。
They visited the old courthouse to admire its historical architecture.
他们参观了那座旧法院大楼，欣赏它的历史建筑。
Many courthouses in this state have been renovated recently.
这个州的许多法院大楼最近都经过了翻新。
courthouse 作主语时通常带定冠词 the。
The courthouse stands in the center of the town.
法院大楼耸立在城镇中心。
表示地点时常用 at；若强调在建筑内部，可用 in。
The trial will be held at the courthouse.
审判将在法院大楼举行。
courthouse 可作定语修饰名词，常见于地点描述。
They gathered on the courthouse steps.
他们聚集在法院大楼的台阶上。
Not this
The judge entered the courthouse to begin the trial.
Use this
The judge entered the courtroom to begin the trial.
courthouse 指整座法院大楼，而 courtroom 指大楼里具体进行审判的法庭房间；审判是在 court room 里开始的，所以这种语境要用 courtroom。
Not this
The courthouse ruled that the evidence was inadmissible.
Use this
The court ruled that the evidence was inadmissible.
courthouse 是建筑物，不能作出法律裁决；作出裁决的是司法机构 court(法院/法庭)，所以要说 The court ruled。
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县法院大楼
The trial will take place at the county courthouse.
审判将在县法院大楼进行。
联邦法院大楼
The federal courthouse is closed on federal holidays.
联邦法院大楼在联邦假日关闭。
法院大楼台阶
The verdict was announced on the courthouse steps.
判决在法院大楼台阶上宣布。
旧法院大楼
The old courthouse now serves as a museum.
旧法院大楼现在用作博物馆。
法院大楼广场
The farmers' market is held on the courthouse square.
农贸市场在法院大楼广场举办。
在法院台阶上；在最后一刻（尤指开庭前才达成和解）
The two sides settled on the courthouse steps just before the trial began.
双方在庭审开始前最后一刻，在法院台阶上达成了和解。
他们把钟一路敲到法院，为南方的荣耀唱响了一首歌。
In the song's chorus, the bells ringing all the way to the courthouse capture the narrator's memory of the Confederate surrender.
在歌曲的副歌中，钟声一路响到法院，表达了叙述者对南方邦联投降的记忆。
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court（法庭）+ house（房子）→ 法庭所在的房子，就是法院大楼。
语域：neutral 常见场景：法律程序、新闻报道、指路 该词指设有法庭的公共建筑，语气通常中性，多用于日常对话和法律相关场景中，比较常见于指路、新闻或办理法律事务时。
所列词（house、mouse、outhouse、lighthouse、clubhouse、penthouse）的结尾都读 /haʊs/，与 courthouse 的后半部分 -house 押韵。注意：courthouse 读作 /'kɒ:thaus/，第一个音节是 /kɒ:t/，不要把拼写里的 -our- 当成 /aʊ/ 来读；同时，拼写以 -ouse 结尾的单词，如 mouse 确实押韵，但拼写上类似的 course /kɔːs/、courage /ˈkʌrɪdʒ/ 读音不同，不要混淆。
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