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单词 on probation
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on probation
b. The process of observing or testing a candidate for membership in a religious body, order, or society, or of assessing the character and abilities of a person who is new to a position, job, or role, esp. for a fixed period. Also: the period in which this takes place. Now frequently in on probation: on trial (for a job or role). Cf. probationer n. 1, 2.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [noun] > trial or probation of a person > trial or testing of candidate for office
probation?a1475
society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > monastic profession > [noun] > novice > period of being
novicery1440
noviceship1532
probation1597
novitiate1602
novitiateship1666
probationship1822
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 327 (MED) The..Essei..usede allemoste..a life monasticalle..not takenge eny man to theire secte withowte probacion [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. assaie; L. probatione] by the space of a yere.
1532 R. Whitford Pype or Tonne f. xxi Euery persone that wolde make profession..shulde..haue a yere of probacion.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxviii. 186 They first set no time howe long this supposed probation must continue.
1622 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Phylaster (new ed.) ii. 21 She that hath snow enough about her heart,..May be a Nunne without probation.
1676 M. Hale Contempl. Moral & Divine: 2nd Pt. 97 Such [boys] as are undisciplineable, are after some years of probation sent away to Mechanical Imployments.
1726 J. Barker Lining of Patch-work Screen 38 It happened, that one of these Gentlemen, during the time of his Probation, cast an amorous Eye on this Lady.
1760 C. Lennox Lady's Museum No. 2. 116 The ten first years were a kind of noviciate or probation.
1833 C. R. Williams Fall River viii. 155 To receive again a woman upon probation, who had once been expelled upon such a charge.
1872 O. Shipley Gloss. Eccl. Terms at Monks They were subjected to a probation, but did not take solemn vows.
1890 Peel City Guardian 12 July 6/1 The calling up of constables on probation.
1910 Catholic Encycl. VII. 642/2 A few points, however, in which Ignatius's institute differed from the older orders may be mentioned here. They are:..the vow not to accept ecclesiastical dignities;..increased probations.
1935 T. S. Sprigg Royal Air Force xii. 91 Accepted candidates who have not had previous experience in the Air Force are entered in the Special Reserve with the rank of Pilot Officer on probation.
1983 D. Cecil Portrait of Lamb I. iii. 34 Clerks were only paid a proper salary after the first three years of probation.
2005 P. D. James Lighthouse i. x. 72 After the first two months his appointment had been confirmed, but he felt himself to be still on probation.
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on probation
d. North American. A limited period of time granted to a student in which to improve conduct or academic performance (failure to do so typically resulting in exclusion). Usually in on probation.
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1883 Reg. Harvard College in Crimson (Harvard Univ.) (Electronic ed.) 17 Nov. While on probation he is not permitted to compete for any prizes or honors... If, after a reasonable period of trial, his conduct is still unsatisfactory, his probation may be closed, and his connection with the College shall then cease.
1897 C. M. Flandrau Harvard Episodes 235 The next day the Office put Billy ‘on probation’.
1931 W. Faulkner Sanctuary vii. 65 He had gotten drunk again since we left Taylor and I'm on probation and Daddy would just die.
1940 Univ. Washington Catal. 1940–41 66 The college concerned is to decide when a student on probation, because of continued low scholarship, shall be dropped from the college.
1983 W. N. Rowe Clapp's Rock iv. 55 A rule in the university calendar which required a student on probation to pass every subject in the examinations next following his being placed on probation.
2005 D. P. Gardner Earning my Degree ii. 40 The Chancellor..directed that the students involved in the sit-in be placed on suspended suspensions at once (i.e., on probation, to be suspended only if they violated university regulations).
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on (also under) probation
b. Law. Originally U.S. A system of suspending the sentence on an offender or releasing an offender from detention, subject to a period of good behaviour under the supervision of a person appointed for the purpose. Chiefly in on (also under) probation: undergoing supervision under this system.
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [noun] > probation
probation1840
probation1878
society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [adverb] > on probation
on (also under) probation1878
1878 Mass. Acts & Resolves cxcviii. 147 The mayor of the city of Boston shall appoint, annually..a suitable person..to recommend..the placing on probation of such persons as may reasonably be expected to be reformed without punishment.
1907 Let. of Secr. N.Y. State Probation Commission 7 Oct. [Since the year 1878] in Massachusetts, and now in most of the commonwealths of the United States, persons found guilty of crimes (usually of the rank of misdemeanors..) have instead of being sent to a penal institution, been placed on probation... The term of probation varies from a few weeks to over a year. Probation officers are either salaried by public authorities or serve as volunteers so far as their official status is concerned... The term ordinarily employed in this country is ‘to place on’ or ‘under probation’, ‘to put on’ or ‘under probation’.
1928 Daily Tel. 11 May 7 [He] described the cases..as border-line cases, and bound them over under probation for two years.
1969 F. Finlay Boy in Blue Jeans xix. 218 I'm amazed to hear you got probation.
1971 R. Cross Punishment, Prison & Public i. 20 Probation is essentially the suspension of punishment conditional on there being no further offence for a period during which the offender is placed under personal supervision.
1986 J. Batten Judges ii. 98 He sentenced Elia to serve seven days in jail, put him on probation for three years, directed him to perform three hundred hours of community service, and ordered him to pay restitution.
2003 J. Darling Taxi Driver's Daughter (2004) 11 I expect she'll get put on probation, or somethin' like that, and mebbes pay some sort of fine.
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