| 单词 | stand one's trial |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto stand one's trial (a) to stand one's trial: to submit to being tried by a court of law for an offence. In early use also: †to submit to divine judgement (obsolete). ΚΠ 1667 S. Pepys Diary 27 Aug. (1974) VIII. 403 Desiring that he may stand his trial in Parliament if they will accuse him of anything. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. vii. 129 I sometimes thought of standing my Tryal. 1862 Eng. Woman's Jrnl. 1 Sept. 5 Sommer..stood her trial for the murder of her daughter in April, 1856. 1974 Times 13 Apr. 12/6 Why is there bail money?.. Why is a man with money more likely to come back and stand his trial than a man without it? 2019 @Richard50877354 11 Apr. in twitter.com (accessed 24 Sept. 2019) George Pell at least left his safe place, came back to face his accusers and stood his trial. to stand (one's) trial Hence to bring (a person or cause) to trial; to put (a person) on his trial, to stand (one's) trial, etc.; also trial by the country, by jury, by proviso, etc.: see these words.extracted from trialn.1< as lemmas |
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