核心畫面
You can think of tried as the past form of try: someone already made the effort, or already put something to the test. Both meanings sit on that one idea of 'has been tested'. As a verb it's the finished action of trying; as an adjective in 'tried and tested', it describes a thing that has been put through that testing many times and proven to work.
可以想成 try 的過去式：有人已經出力試過，或已經把某樣東西拿來測試過。兩個意思都立在「已經被試過」這個畫面上。當…更多收起
可以想成 try 的過去式：有人已經出力試過，或已經把某樣東西拿來測試過。兩個意思都立在「已經被試過」這個畫面上。當動詞，是「嘗試」這個動作已經做完；當形容詞（tried and tested），則是形容某樣東西被這樣反覆試過、證明真的有用。原始詞典資料3 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。
triedadj/tɹaɪd/
- 1
Tested, hence, proven to be firm or reliable.
- 2
lawPut on trial, taken before a lawcourt.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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。