trial
柯林斯词典
1. N-VAR A trial is a formal meeting in a law court, at which a judge and jury listen to evidence and decide whether a person is guilty of a crime. 审判
New evidence showed the police lied at the trial. 新的证据表明警方在审判时撒了谎。
I have the right to a trial with a jury of my peers. 我有权要求由和我一样的平民组成的陪审团参加审判。
2. N-VAR A trial is an experiment in which you test something by using it or doing it for a period of time to see how well it works. If something is on trial, it is being tested in this way. 试验
They have been treated with this drug in clinical trials. 他们在临床试验中一直接受这种药物的治疗。
I took the car out for a trial on the roads. 我把车开出去在公路上试了一下。
3. N-COUNT If you refer to the trials of a situation, you mean the unpleasant things that you experience in it. 磨难
...the trials of adolescence. …青春期的磨难。
4. V to test or make experimental use of (something) 试验
the idea has been trialled in several schools
5. N a grammatical number occurring in some languages for words in contexts where exactly three of their referents are described or referred to (某些语言中正好描述或提到三个指示物的)试验语法数字[grammar]
6. PHRASE If you do something by trial and error, you try several different methods of doing it until you find the method that works best. 反复试验
Many drugs were found by trial and error. 许多药物都是经过反复试验后才被发现的。
7. PHRASE If someone is on trial, they are being tried in a court of law. 在受审
He is currently on trial for drunk driving. 他目前因酒后驾车而受审。
8. PHRASE If you say that someone or something is on trial, you mean that they are in a situation where people are observing them to see whether they succeed or fail. 在试验中; 在考验中
The president will be drawn into a damaging battle in which his credentials will be on trial. 总统将被拖入一场破坏性的斗争,他正陷入信任危机。
9. PHRASE If someone stands trial, they are tried in court for a crime they are accused of. 受审判
He was found to be mentally unfit to stand trial. 发现他精神状况不适合接受审判。
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trial /ˈtraɪəl/ (trials)
剑桥词典
- Ten witnesses are expected to testify at the trial today.
- The judge reacted angrily to the suggestion that it hadn't been a fair trial.
- The terrorists were put on trial six years after the bombing .
- After the trial, his family said they had lost all faith in the judicial system .
- He is fighting extradition to Hong Kong to face trial on fraud charges .
- Clinical trials of the new drug may take five years .
- Preliminary results show that the vaccine is effective , but this has to be confirmed by further medical trials.
- We've got a lawnmower on trial.
- Preliminary trials show that the drug may be effective .
trial noun (LEGAL PROCESS)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 or 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]the hearing of statements and showing of objects , etc. in a law court to judge if a person is guilty of a crime or to decide a case or a legal matter
审判,审理
trial proceedings 审判程序
Trial by jury is a fundamental right . 由陪审团审判是一项基本权利。
It was a very complicated trial that went on for months . 该审判非常复杂,历时数月。
She's going on/standing trial for fraud . 她将因诈骗而受审。
也见 try verb (LAW)
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trial noun (TEST)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 or 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]a test , usually over a limited period of time , to discover how effective or suitable something or someone is
试验;试用
They're doing clinical trials on a new drug . 他们正在对一种新药进行临床试验。
They've employed her for a six-month trial (period ). 他们录用了她,试用期为6个月。
You can have the equipment on a trial basis (UK also on trial), and if you don't like it you can give it back. 你可以采用试用方式购买设备,如果不喜欢可以退货。
例句
trial noun (PROBLEM)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 ]a person or thing that is annoying and causes a lot of problems
惹麻烦的人;令人伤脑筋的事物;考验
She was a real trial to her parents when she was younger . 她年轻时真令父母头疼。
The book is all about the trials of growing up. 这本书讲的全是成长过程中经历的种种烦恼。
trial noun (EXAM)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 ] Australian Englishan exam taken at school for practice before a real exam
预试,模拟考试
Trials take place in July . 预试在七月举行。
比较
mock noun