名词

1. 审讯;审理;审判
A trial is a formal meeting in a law court, at which a judge and jury listen to evidence and decide whether a person is guilty of a crime.

2. 试验;试用
A trial is an experiment in which you test something by using it or doing it for a period of time to see how well it works. If something is on trial, it is being tested in this way.

3. (人员的)试用，试用期
If someone gives you a trial for a job, or if you are on trial, you do the job for a short period of time to see if you are suitable for it.

4. 磨难;痛苦;麻烦
If you refer to the trials of a situation, you mean the unpleasant things that you experience in it.

5. 预赛;选拔赛;测试赛
In some sports or outdoor activities, trials are a series of contests that test a competitor's skill and ability.

6. 通过反复试验；经过不断摸索
If you do something by trial and error, you try several different methods of doing it until you find the method that works properly.

7. 在受审中
If someone is on trial, they are being tried in a court of law.

8. 在测试中;在考察中;在考验中
If you say that someone or something is on trial, you mean that they are in a situation where people are observing them to see whether they succeed or fail.

9. 受审判
If someone stands trial, they are tried in court for a crime they are accused of.

1. the act of testing something

e.g. in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately
he called each flip of the coin a new trial

Synonym: testrun

2. the act of undergoing testing

e.g. he survived the great test of battle
candidates must compete in a trial of skill

Synonym: test

3. (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law

e.g. he had a fair trial and the jury found him guilty
most of these complaints are settled before they go to trial

4. trying something to find out about it

e.g. a sample for ten days free trial
a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain

Synonym: trial runtesttryout

5. an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event

e.g. his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him
life is full of tribulations
a visitation of the plague

Synonym: tribulationvisitation

6. (sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications

e.g. the trials for the semifinals began yesterday