单词 | pretrial |
释义 | pretrial (once / 20664 pages) n WORD FAMILY trial: mistrial, pretrial, trials+/mistrial: mistrials/retrial: retrials/retry: retrial, retried, retries, retrying/tried: triedest, untried/trier: triers/try: retry, trial, tried, trier, tries, trying/trying: tryinger, tryingest, tryingly USAGE EXAMPLES“Any time a guy stealing a loaf of bread spends more time pretrial in jail than a gun offender, something is wrong.” Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) Most cases in the district courts end in plea bargains, settlements or pretrial dismissals. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) Teresa Rai Davis recently entered her not guilty plea in court and asked for a Jan. 17 pretrial hearing. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) n (law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases Syn|Hyper pretrial conference conference, group discussion a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic |
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