The spelling bale is also used for meaning 5, and for meanings 1 and 3 of the phrasal verb. 拼写bale亦用于义项5以及短语动词的义项1和3。
1
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]保释金 Bail is a sum of money that an arrested person or someone else puts forward as a guarantee that the arrested person will attend their trial in a law court. If the arrested person does not attend it, the money will be lost.
He was freed on bail pending an appeal...
他被取保候审。
The high court set bail at $8,000.
高等法院将保释金定为8,000美元。
2
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]保释 Bail is permission for an arrested person to be released after bail has been paid.
He was yesterday given bail by South Yorkshire magistrates.
昨天南约克郡法院准予他获得保释。
3
[VERB 动词]保释 If someone
is bailed, they are released while they are waiting for their trial, after paying an amount of money to the court.
[be V-ed]
[be V-ed to-inf]
[usu passive]
He was bailed for probation reports...
他因等待鉴定报告而获得保释。
He was bailed to appear before local magistrates on 5 November.
他获得保释,将于11月5日在地方法庭出庭受审。
4
[N-COUNT 可数名词](板球运动中)三柱门上的横木 In cricket, the
bails are the two small pieces of wood that are laid across the top of the stumps to form the wicket.
5
[VERB 动词](往外)舀水 If you
bail, you use a container to remove water from a boat or from a place which is flooded.
[V]
[Also V n]
[V P n (not pron)]
[V P]
We kept her afloat for a couple of hours by bailing frantically.
我们拼命往外舀水,使它继续漂浮了几个小时。
Bail out means the same as bail .bail out同bailA crew was sent down the shaft to close it off and bail out all the water...
一组人员被派下矿井将其封闭并把水舀干。
The flood waters have receded since then, but residents are still bailing out.
此后洪水已经开始消退,但居民还在往外舀水。