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单词 trial
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trialnoun

uk/traɪəl/us/traɪəl/

trial noun (LEGAL PROCESS)

B2 [ C or U ] 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:

trial proceedings
Trial by jury is a fundamental right.
It was a very complicated trial that went on for months.
She's going on/standing trial for fraud.
See also
try

More examples

  • 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.

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Court cases, orders & decisions

  • actionable
  • administer
  • admissible
  • affidavit
  • affiliation order
  • bail
  • bale
  • court martial
  • inadmissible
  • injunction
  • judgment
  • judicature
  • judicial
  • plea
  • remedy
  • retrial
  • Rex
  • ruling
  • separation
  • sequester

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trial noun (TEST)

C1 [ C or U ] a test, usually over a limited period of time, to discover how effective or suitable something or someone is:

They're doing clinical trials on a new drug.
They've employed her for a six-month trial (period).
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.

More examples

  • 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.

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Testing, checking and experimenting

  • assay
  • check
  • check sth out
  • check up on sb
  • collector
  • crosscheck
  • feeler
  • inspect
  • inspection
  • inspector
  • pace
  • play around with sth
  • screen
  • spy
  • spy out the land idiom
  • test
  • test sth out
  • tester
  • trial run
  • try-out

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trial noun (PROBLEM)

[ C ] a person or thing that is annoying and causes a lot of problems:

She was a real trial to her parents when she was younger.
The book is all about the trials of growing up.

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Difficult things and people

  • a (heavy) cross to bear idiom
  • a bitter pill (to swallow) idiom
  • a hard/tough nut to crack idiom
  • albatross
  • bane
  • chill
  • equation
  • handicap
  • headache
  • hiccup
  • hot potato
  • impediment
  • job
  • labyrinth
  • liability
  • the chill wind of sth idiom
  • the hard way idiom
  • the sharp end
  • the/a devil of a sth idiom
  • thorn in your flesh/side idiom

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trial noun (EXAM)

[ C ] Australian English an exam taken at school for practice before a real exam:

Trials take place in July.
Compare
mock noun

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Exams, tests & exercises

  • achievement test
  • AP
  • cloze test
  • comprehension
  • entrance exam
  • exercise
  • fail
  • flunk
  • IB
  • IELTS
  • invigilate
  • mock
  • oral
  • prelim
  • resat
  • resit
  • road test
  • script
  • sit
  • TOEFL

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Idiom(s)

trials and tribulations

trialverb [ T ]

uk/traɪəl/us/traɪəl/-ll- or -l-

to test something in a formal way to discover how effective or suitable it is:

We will trial the new drug in several hospitals.

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Inventing, designing and innovation

  • architect
  • artificer
  • authoring
  • blueprint
  • cad
  • coin
  • computer-aided design
  • ergonomics
  • father
  • founding father
  • guinea pig
  • improvisation
  • innovate
  • mint
  • pioneer
  • redesign
  • research
  • research and development
  • robotics
  • tech

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trialnoun

uk/ˈtraɪəl/us

[ C ] PRODUCTION a test to discover how safe, effective, etc. a product is:

a clinical/drug/field trial The company conducted three clinical trials to determine the drug's safety.
conduct/run/undergo trials

[ C or U ] PRODUCTION, HR the process of using a product or employing a person for a short period in order to decide how effective or suitable they are:

Under the scheme, employers fill a vacancy with a long-term unemployed individual on a trial basis for up to 15 working days.
You can buy the equipment on trial and take it back if you don't like it.
Agents are usually appointed for a trial period.

[ C or U ] LAW in a court of law, the process of judging whether a person is guilty of a crime or deciding a legal problem, which involves hearing statements, showing objects, etc.:

await/face/stand trial He was ordered to stand trial on charges of unlawful computer use.
be/go/be put on trial for sth The former chief executive is on trial for fraud.
The company is scheduled to go to trial next year.
get/be given a fair trial
trial and error

a way of achieving something or solving a problem by trying a number of different methods and learning from the mistakes you make:

Although some products' quality can be verified through trial and error, this is not always practical.
See also
acceptance trial
blind trial
free trial

trialverb [ T ]

uk/ˈtraɪəl/us-ll-, or -l-

to test something in a formal way to discover how effective or suitable it is:

The group is trialling internet ordering for its paper and plastic products.
The system will be trialed in the third quarter of the year in both the U.S. and Japan.
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