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/ʤʊ͟əri/
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[N-COUNT-COLL 可数集合名词]陪审团 In a court of law, the jury is the group of people who have been chosen from the general public to listen to the facts about a crime and to decide whether the person accused is guilty or not.
  [also by N]
  • The jury convicted Mr Hampson of all offences.

    陪审团裁定汉普森先生全部罪名成立。

  • ...the tradition of trial by jury.

    由陪审团审判的惯例

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[N-COUNT-COLL 可数集合名词](竞赛的)评判委员会,裁判委员会 A jury is a group of people who choose the winner of a competition.
  • I am not surprised that the Booker Prize jury included it on their shortlist.

    我毫不惊讶布克奖评委会将其列在入选名单中。

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[PHRASE 短语](某事)悬而未决,仍未达成定论 If you say that the jury is out or that the jury is still out on a particular subject, you mean that people in general have still not made a decision or formed an opinion about that subject.
  [oft PHR on wh/n]
  • The jury is out on whether or not this is true...

    这是否属实仍未得出定论。

  • The jury is still out on what kind of solutions we might undertake.

    尚未确定我们可能采取何种解决办法。


Oxford jury / ˈdʒʊəri ; NAmE ˈdʒʊri / noun [countable + singular or plural verb ] ( plural juries ) 1 ( also panel , ˈjury panel especially in NAmE ) a group of members of the public who listen to the facts of a case in a court and decide whether or not sb is guilty of a crime 陪审团 members of the jury 陪审团成员 to be/sit/serve on a jury 担任陪审员 The jury has/have returned a verdict of guilty. 陪审团已作出有罪裁定。 the right to trial by jury 经由陪审团审判的权利 collocationsat
justice
see also
grand jury
2 a group of people who decide who is the winner of a competition (比赛的)评判委员会,裁判委员会 IDIOM the jury is (still) ˈout on sth used when you are saying that sth is still not certain (某事)仍未定夺,悬而未决 jury juries
jury / ˈdʒʊəri ; NAmE ˈdʒʊri /
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juryju‧ry /ˈdʒʊəri $ ˈdʒʊri/ ●●○ S3 W3 noun (plural juries) [countable]
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1a group of often 12 ordinary people who listen to the details of a case in court and decide whether someone is guilty or not:  the members of the jury The jury found him not guilty. the right to trial by jurysit/serve on a jury (=be part of a jury)2a group of people chosen to judge a competition3the jury is (still) out on something used to say that something has not been finally decided:  Is it good value? The jury is still out on that.
grand jury
COLLOCATIONSverbssit/serve on a jury (=be a member of a jury)· At that time, black people were not allowed to serve on juries.address the jury (=speak to it)· The defence lawyer stood up to address the jury.a judge directs/instructs a jury (=tells it what to decide)· The judge directed the jury to find her not guilty.the jury hears something (=is told information about a crime)· The jury heard how the attack followed an argument in a bar.the jury finds somebody guilty/not guilty· The jury found him guilty of murder.the jury reaches/arrives at a verdict (=decides if someone is guilty or not guilty)· Has the jury reached a verdict?the jury returns a verdict (=gives its decision to the court)· The jury returned a guilty verdict.the jury acquits somebody (=says that someone is not guilty)· He was acquitted by a jury when the case came to court.the jury convicts somebody (=says that someone is guilty)· The jury convicted him of two fraud charges.phrasesa member of the jury· Only three members of the jury were women.the foreman of the jury (=the jury's leader, who announces its decision)· The foreman of the jury announced a guilty verdict.trial by jury (=a trial with a jury)· Defendants have a right to trial by jury.a jury's verdict (=the decision of a jury)· The jury's verdict is final.adjectivesa hung jury (=one that cannot agree whether someone is guilty of a crime)· The trial ended with a hung jury.an inquest jury (=one that decides the cause of someone's death)· The inquest jury decided that he died accidentally by falling out of a train door.a grand jury American English (=one that decides whether someone must be judged in a court)· Their business practices are now being investigated by a grand jury.jury + NOUNthe jury system· The government proposed changes to the jury system.jury service (=when you have to spend time on a jury)· He has been called for jury service in July.a jury trial (=a trial with a jury)· Should all accused people have a jury trial?
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jury

[ˈdʒʊəri]

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juries[840]
陪审团(97%),评委会(1%),挑选(1%),临时用的(1%)
n.[法] 陪审团;评判委员会
adj.应急的
n.(Jury)人名;(西)胡里;(英、法)朱里;(德)尤里

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