juries

英 [ˈdʒʊəriz]

美 [ˈdʒʊriz]

n.  陪审团; (比赛的)评判委员会，裁判委员会
jury的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT-COLL 陪审团
  In a court of law, thejuryis 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.
  1. The jury convicted Mr Hampson of all offences.
     陪审团裁定汉普森先生全部罪名成立。
  2. ...the tradition of trial by jury.
     由陪审团审判的惯例
• N-COUNT-COLL （竞赛的）评判委员会，裁判委员会
  Ajuryis a group of people who choose the winner of a competition.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE （某事）悬而未决，仍未达成定论
  If you say thatthe jury is outor thatthe jury is still outon a particular subject, you mean that people in general have still not made a decision or formed an opinion about that subject.
  1. The jury is out on whether or not this is true...
     这是否属实仍未得出定论。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• Civil matters are usually tried by Court of First Instance Judges sitting without juries, although there is a rarely used provision for jury trials in certain cases, including defamation.
  在审理民事案件时，通常不设陪审团，只由原讼法庭法官审理。某些案件如诽谤案的审讯，则可援引法律条文设立陪审团，但这项条文甚少引用。
• In courts of original jurisdiction, judges are usually provided with juries to decide all questions of fact.
  在最初管辖的法院，法官通常拥有陪审团来决定所有事实问题。
• Good-looking criminals are more likely to win the sympathy of judges and juries.
  长得好的罪犯比较容易获得法官与陪审团的同情。
• Most judges and juries can never conceive of themselves becoming big, bad drug dealers.
  大多数的法官和陪审团成员从来不会想到自己成为一名罪大恶极的大毒枭。
• For example, he complains about the "stark unpredictability" of the punitive damages that lawyers often urge juries to impose.
  例如，律师们经常督促陪审团对诉讼对手处以惩罚性的损失赔偿，而苏特则抱怨这里面存在着“彻头彻尾的不可预见性”。
• Some believe these cases show English juries increasingly agree with the views of the accused.
  有人认为，这些案件表明，英国陪审团日益赞同被告的观点。
• Though juries now draw members from all sectors of society, social problems like discrimination can still distort their fairness.
  虽然现在陪审团是从社会各阶层抽取成员，但一些社会问题诸如对某一群体的歧视，仍然会扭曲它的公正性。
• This argument seems to show a pitiful lack of confidence in the capabilities of our juries.
  这一论点似乎表现出对我们陪审团能力的极度不信任，而这种不信任是可悲的。
• But, juries can get bored or frustrated with cases that are technical or complicated.
  但是，陪审员能在遇到技术性或复杂性案件时变得厌倦或沮丧。
• Rather than sympathising with the political views of the accused, the juries may just be applying the law.
  陪审团并不是赞同被告的政治观点，他们只是在适用法律。