mid-15c., "act or process of testing, a putting to proof by examination, experiment, etc.," from Anglo-French trial, noun formed from triet "to try" (see try (v.)). Sense of "examining and deciding of the issues between parties in a court of law" is first recorded 1570s; extended to any ordeal by 1590s. As an adjectival phrase, trial-and-error is recorded from 1806. Trial balloon (1826) translates French ballon d'essai, a small balloon sent up immediately before a manned ascent to determine the direction and tendency of winds in the upper air, though the earliest use in English is figurative.
双语例句
1. I gather his report is highly critical of the trial judge.
据我所知，他在报道中毫不留情地批评了初审法官。
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2. They called for the return of internment without trial for terrorists.
他们呼吁对恐怖分子重新实施不经审讯即行拘留政策。
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3. His trial revived memories of French suffering during the war.
他的受审重新勾起了在战争中受苦受难的法国人民的回忆。
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4. The defence counsel warned that the judge should stop the trial.
被告辩护律师强烈建议法官应该休庭。
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5. They floated the trial balloon of actually cutting Social Security.