trials
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.
case , prosecution , hearing , lawsuit
New evidence showed the police lied at the trial.
新的证据表明警方在审判时撒了谎。
I have the right to a trial with a jury of my peers.
我有权要求由像我一样的平民组成的陪审团参加审判。
He's awaiting trial in a military court on charges of plotting against the state.
他因被控密谋颠覆国家正等待军事法庭的审判。
They believed that his case would never come to trial.
他们认为他的案子根本不会开庭审理。
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.
They have been treated with this drug in clinical trials.
他们在临床试验中一直接受这种药物的治疗。
I took the car out for a trial on the roads.
我开车上路试驾了一下。
If you refer to the trials of a situation, you mean the unpleasant things that you experience in it.
the trials of adolescence.
青春期的苦恼。
trial and error
If you do something by trial and error, you try several different methods of doing it until you find the method that works best.
Many drugs were found by trial and error.
许多药物都是经过反复试验后才被发现的。
on trial
If someone is on trial, they are being tried in a court of law.
He is currently on trial for drink driving.
他目前正因酒后驾车而受审。
on trial
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.
The president will be drawn into a damaging battle in which his credentials will be on trial.
总统将被拖入一场产生负面影响的争斗中,他的资格也会因此而受到考验。
stand trial
If someone stands trial, they are tried in court for a crime they are accused of.
He was found to be mentally unfit to stand trial.
他被判定精神状况不适合接受审判。