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.
雙語例句
1. I gather his report is highly critical of the trial judge.
據(jù)我所知，他在報道中毫不留情地批評了初審法官。
來自柯林斯例句
2. They called for the return of internment without trial for terrorists.
他們呼吁對恐怖分子重新實施不經(jīng)審訊即行拘留政策。
來自柯林斯例句
3. His trial revived memories of French suffering during the war.
他的受審重新勾起了在戰(zhàn)爭中受苦受難的法國人民的回憶。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The defence counsel warned that the judge should stop the trial.
被告辯護律師強烈建議法官應該休庭。
來自柯林斯例句
5. They floated the trial balloon of actually cutting Social Security.