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核心畫面

You can hold trial as putting something — or someone — to the test to see how it really comes out. You don't yet know if it works, if it's safe, if it's good enough, or if a person is guilty; so you run it, watch closely, and let the result decide. From this one act of 'testing to find out' the word spreads: a court testing the facts, a lab testing a drug, a buyer testing a product, life itself testing a person.

可以想成把一個東西——或一個人——拿去「試一試、考一考」，看它真正的結果到底如何。你還不知道它行不行、安不安全、夠不…更多收起可以想成把一個東西——或一個人——拿去「試一試、考一考」，看它真正的結果到底如何。你還不知道它行不行、安不安全、夠不夠好，或一個人有沒有罪；於是你讓它走一遍，仔細盯著，讓結果自己說話。從這個「拿去測試、看分曉」的動作出發，這個字往四面長：法庭測試事實、實驗室測試新藥、買家測試產品、人生本身在考驗一個人。

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審判（法庭裡的測試）

法庭的審判，其實就是核心畫面搬進法院：拿證據和事實去「測試」一個人到底有沒有罪，讓審理的過程把結果逼出來。

court trial · noun · B2

A legal process where a judge, and often a jury, look at the facts to decide if someone is guilty of a crime.

審判

選拔賽（測選手）

選拔賽是把「測試」用在運動員身上：辦一場特別的比賽，測出誰最強，好挑進隊伍。

sports trial (tryout) · noun · B2

A special sports contest where people are tested so the best ones can be chosen for a team.

選拔賽

考驗 · 麻煩事（被生活測試）

當「被測試」的是一個人本身、而且那測試又苦又煩，trial 就從中性的「試驗」帶上了情緒，變成「考驗、磨難」。

a trial (ordeal) · noun · B2

Something hard to deal with that worries or annoys you; a difficult experience.

考驗、麻煩事

試行 · 試用（動詞）

把核心的「測試」直接當動詞用：去試行、試用一樣東西，看它行不行。

trial (verb, test) · verb · B2

To carefully test something to find out if it works well or is safe to use.

試用、試行

Also in this word

a test/trial · noun · B2

A careful test done to find out whether something works well and is safe.

試驗

trial period · noun · B2

A short period when you use or do something to find out if it is good enough before you fully commit.

試用期

原始詞典資料18 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。

trialnoun詞源 1/ˈtɹaɪəl/

  • 1

    An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.

    • all thy vexations / Were but my trials of thy love and thou / Hast strangely stood the test here
    • had my powers been less limited, I might have enforced obedience; but as it was, it was but a trial of strength between her and me, in which she generally came off victorious
  • 2

    An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.

    • They will perform the trials for the new equipment next week.
  • 3

    medicinesciencesAn occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.

    • A randomized, controlled trial (RCT).
  • 4

    An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.

    • soccer trials; sheepdog trials
  • 5

    ceramicschemistryengineeringAn occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.

  • 6

    An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.

  • 7

    archaicAn occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.

    • In both your armies there is many a soul / Shall pay full dearly for this encounter, / If once they join in trial.
  • 8

    lawA meeting or series of meetings in a court of law at which evidence is presented to a judge (and sometimes a jury) to allow them to decide on a legal matter (especially whether an accused person is guilty of a crime).

    • If you are convicted at trial, you have the right to file an appeal.
    • He was charged with war crimes and brought to trial before the International Tribunal.
另外 2 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    A difficult or annoying experience or person; (especially religion) such an experience seen as a test of faith and piety.

    • That boy was a trial to his parents.
    • That they are Cowards, many have said, but few have found it so in the time of Trial.
  • 10

    archaicThe action of trying (to do) something, especially more than once. (This sense is still current in the expression trial and error.)

    • Finding my first Seed did not grow, which I easily imagin’d was by the Drought, I sought for a moister Piece of Ground to make another Trial in,
    • He summoned up all his strength for one last trial, and bent his faltering steps towards [the house].

trialadj詞源 1/ˈtɹaɪəl/

  • 1

    Pertaining to a trial or test.

  • 2

    Attempted on a provisional or experimental basis.

trialverb詞源 1/ˈtɹaɪəl/

  • 1

    To carry out a series of tests on (a new product, procedure etc.) before marketing or implementing it.

    • The warning system was extensively trialed before being fitted to all our vehicles.
    • In the week beginning April 6, the company began trialling the new processes - these include greater spacing, split shifts, additional safety requirements and washing facilities.
  • 2

    To try out (a new player) in a sports team.

    • The team trialled a new young goalkeeper in Saturday's match, with mixed results.

trialadj詞源 2/ˈtɹaɪəl/

  • 1

    Characterized by having three (usually equivalent) components.

  • 2

    Triple.

  • 3

    grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsPertaining to a language form referring to three of something, like people. (See Ambai language for an example.)

    • No language has a trial number unless it has a dual.

trialnoun詞源 2/ˈtɹaɪəl/

  • 1

    grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsThe trial number.

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。