transcription, транскрипция: [ traɪəl ]
( trials)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
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.
New evidence showed the police lied at the trial...
He’s awaiting trial in a military court on charges of plotting against the state...
They believed that his case would never come to trial.
N-VAR
2.
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...
The robots have been on trial for the past year...
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3.
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.
He had just given a trial to a young woman who said she had previous experience...
N-COUNT : usu sing , also on N
4.
If you refer to the trials of a situation, you mean the unpleasant things that you experience in it.
...the trials of adolescence.
N-COUNT : usu pl , N of n
5.
In some sports or outdoor activities, trials are a series of contests that test a competitor’s skill and ability.
He has been riding in horse trials for less than a year.
...Dovedale Sheepdog Trials.
N-COUNT : usu pl , supp N
6.
If you do something by trial and error , you try several different methods of doing it until you find the method that works properly.
Many drugs were found by trial and error...
PHRASE : oft by/through PHR
7.
If someone is on trial , they are being tried in a court of law.
He is currently on trial accused of serious drugs charges...
PHRASE : v-link PHR , PHR after v
8.
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.
PHRASE : v-link PHR , PHR after v
9.
If someone stands trial , they are tried in court for a crime they are accused of.
PHRASE : V inflects , oft PHR for n