Word · Frequency #3354
rulings
裁决；裁定
rulings is the plural of ruling.
An official decision on a point of law made by a judge or other authority.
- 1.
An order or a decision on a point of law from someone in authority.
权威者就法律要点作出的命令或裁决。
- 2.
the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)
法院判决的理由(与判决结果本身相对)
判决理由；权威者就法律要点作出的命令或裁决。；法院判决的理由(与判决结果本身相对)；判决；裁定
In use
The judge's ruling stated that the contract was invalid.
Both sides accepted the court's ruling without further appeal.
The Supreme Court's ruling had a significant impact on environmental law.
make a ruling
ruling 作名词时常用 make、issue、hand down 等动词搭配，表示“作出裁决”。
The committee will make a ruling by the end of the week.
委员会将在本周末前作出裁定。
a ruling on sth
on 后接所裁决的议题或案件，说明裁决针对的内容。
The judge gave a ruling on the case.
法官就该案件作出了裁决。
the court's ruling
用所有格强调作出裁决的主体，常见于新闻报道中。
Connections
Collocations
- court ruling
- 法院裁决
- The court ruling surprised both sides.法院的裁决让双方都感到意外。
- legal ruling
- 法律裁定
- The legal ruling set a new precedent.这项法律裁定开创了新的先例。
- final ruling
- 最终裁决
- The judge's final ruling ends the dispute.法官的最终裁决结束了这场纠纷。
- ruling on
- 对……的裁决
- The committee issued a ruling on the appeal.委员会对上诉作出了裁决。
- ruling against
- 不利于……的裁决
- The court's ruling against the company was criticized.法院不利于该公司的裁决受到了批评。
- ruling in favor of
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：rule（规则）+ -ing → 法官依据规则做出的决定，就是 ruling（裁决/裁定）。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：法律程序、法庭裁决、行政决定 作名词时通常用于正式或法律语境，如法院或行政机构的决定；日常口语中较少直接使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 ruling 押韵：cooling、drooling、fooling、pooling、schooling、tooling 的重读元音和之后的音都是 /ulɪŋ/（同 /ˈrulɪŋ/）。注意拼写类似的 puling（/ˈpjuːlɪŋ/，意为“啼哭”）发音不同，不押韵；bumbling（/ˈbʌmbəlɪŋ/）等以 -ling 结尾的词元音不同，也不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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