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Cross-examination is the part of a trial where a lawyer questions a witness brought in by the other side. That detail is the whole word: your own lawyer asks you friendly questions first, and then the opposing lawyer stands up and goes at the same story from every angle, hunting for the crack. So cross-examination means hard, testing, often uncomfortable questioning by someone who is not on your side — not just any questioning.
Cross-examination Cross-examination is the part of a trial是審判裡的一個階段，where a lawyer questions a witness brought in by the other side律師詰問對方傳喚的證人。That detail is the whole word這個細節就是整個字的重點：your own lawyer asks you friendly questions first你自己的律師會先友善地問你問題，and then然後 the opposing lawyer stands up and goes at the same story from every angle對方律師會站起來、從各個角度攻同一個說法，hunting for the crack找出破綻。So所以 cross-examination means hard, testing, often uncomfortable questioning by someone who is not on your side指的是不站在你這邊的人做的嚴厲、考驗性、常常讓人不舒服的問話——not just any questioning而不是隨便的問話。
It is a noun: "under cross-examination she changed her story", "the cross-examination lasted three hours". The phrase under cross-examination is worth learning whole, because that is how it usually turns up.
It它 is a noun是名詞："under cross-examination she changed her story""under cross-examination she changed her story"（她在交叉詰問下改了說法）、"the cross-examination lasted three hours""the cross-examination lasted three hours"（交叉詰問持續了三小時）。The phrase片語 under cross-examination under cross-examination is worth learning whole值得整個學起來，because that is how it usually turns up因為它通常就是這樣出現的。
Outside court, people borrow it, half-joking, for any : a reporter's questions to a minister, or a mother waiting up to ask her teenager exactly where he has been. Said that way it always carries a little complaint in it — the person being questioned feels treated like a suspect.
Outside court在法庭之外，people borrow it, half-joking大家會半開玩笑地借用它，for any grilling來形容任何嚴厲的追問：a reporter's questions to a minister記者問部長的問題、or a mother waiting up to ask her teenager exactly where he has been或媽媽熬夜等著問青少年到底去了哪裡。Said that way這樣說的時候 it always carries a little complaint in it總是帶著一點抱怨的意味——the person being questioned feels treated like a suspect被問的人覺得自己被當成嫌疑犯。
The verb is cross-examine. Note that both words are formal and long; ordinary conversation would say "they really questioned him" or "she gave him the third degree".
The verb動詞 is是 cross-examine cross-examine。Note that請注意 both words are formal and long這兩個字都很正式、很長；ordinary conversation would say一般對話會說 "they really questioned him""they really questioned him"（他們真的盤問了他） or或 "she gave him the third degree"「she gave him the third degree」（她對他嚴刑逼供）。
組成cross- + examination. Examination is questioning or close inspection; cross- carries the sense of going against, from the opposite side — the questions come across the courtroom from the other party. That cross- traces back through Old English cros and Old Norse kross to Latin crux, a cross.
同家族的字
- cross-examinethe verb this noun is built from
- examinationthe same examination — close questioning or testing
- examinethe verb inside it — to look at or question closely
- crucialthe same Latin crux, a cross — a crossing point where things are decided
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
cross-examinationnoun
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lawThe interrogation or questioning of a witness by the party against whom they have been called and examined, in an attempt to prove or reveal something false or untold during direct examination.
- It is impossible to bring them here for cross-examination; one simply has to conduct one's defence and argue one's case against an invisible opponent, […]
- When Horsley finished his testimony, Richardson began the cross-examination, which was to last for twenty-six hours over the course of an entire week.
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Any intense period of questioning, especially if hostile.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。