| 单词 | blue-ribbon jury |
| 释义 | blue-ribbon jury in British Englishnoun a US name for a special jury special jury in British Englishnoun (formerly) a jury whose members were drawn from some profession or rank of society as well as possessing the usual qualifications for jury service blue-ribbon jury in American Englishnoun a jury composed of persons having more than ordinary education and presumably exceptional intelligence and perceptiveness, selected by the court on the motion of plaintiff or defendant to try cases of unusual complexity or importance Also called: special jury Word origin [1935–40, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1935–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blitz, fluorocarbon, hard core, prime mover, walk-through |
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