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单词 trial
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
tri•al /ˈtraɪəl, traɪl/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. Lawthe examination of the facts of a case before a court of law, involving hearing evidence and deciding on a person's guilt or innocence: [uncountable]on trial for murder.[countable]He is entitled to a trial before a jury of his peers.
  2. the act of testing to find out if someone or something is useful, valuable, etc.:[countable]We gave the new worker a trial of six weeks.
  3. an affliction or trouble;
    a troublesome thing or person:[countable]suffering through many trials and tribulations.

adj. [before a noun]
  1. of or relating to a trial:a trial lawyer.
  2. done by way of trial or experiment:a trial batch of the new serum.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
tri•al  (trīəl, trīl),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. [Law.]
    • the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
    • the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
  2. the act of trying, testing, or putting to the proof.
  3. test;
    proof.
  4. an attempt or effort to do something.
  5. a tentative or experimental action in order to ascertain results;
    experiment.
  6. the state or position of a person or thing being tried or tested;
    probation.
  7. subjection to suffering or grievous experiences;
    a distressed or painful state:comfort in the hour of trial.
  8. an affliction or trouble.
  9. a trying, distressing, or annoying thing or person.
  10. [Ceram.]a piece of ceramic material used to try the heat of a kiln and the progress of the firing of its contents.
  11. on trial:
    • undergoing examination before a judicial tribunal.
    • undergoing a probationary or trial period.

adj. 
  1. of, pertaining to, or employed in a trial.
  2. done or made by way of trial, proof, or experiment.
  3. used in testing, experimenting, etc.
  4. acting or serving as a sample, experimental specimen, etc.:a trial offer.
  • try + -al2 1520–30
    • 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged endeavor, essay, struggle.
    • 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged grief, tribulation, distress, sorrow, trouble, hardship. See affliction.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
trial /ˈtraɪəl; traɪl/ n
  1. the act or an instance of trying or proving; test or experiment
  2. (as modifier): a trial run
  3. the judicial examination of the issues in a civil or criminal cause by a competent tribunal and the determination of these issues in accordance with the law of the land
  4. the determination of an accused person's guilt or innocence after hearing evidence for the prosecution and for the accused and the judicial examination of the issues involved
  5. (as modifier): trial proceedings
  6. an effort or attempt to do something: we had three trials at the climb
  7. trouble or grief
  8. an annoying or frustrating person or thing
  9. (often plural) a competition for individuals: sheepdog trials
  10. a motorcycling competition in which the skills of the riders are tested over rough ground
  11. a piece of sample material used for testing the heat of a kiln and its effects
  12. on trialundergoing trial, esp before a court of law
  13. being tested, as before a commitment to purchase
vb (trials, trialling, trialled)
  1. (transitive) to test or make experimental use of (something): the idea has been trialled in several schools
Etymology: 16th Century: from Anglo-French, from trier to try

ˈtrialling n
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
Trial, The, 
  1. (German, Der Prozess), a novel (1925) by Franz Kafka.

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