kangaroo court

英 [ˌkæŋɡəruː ˈkɔːt]

美 [ˌkæŋɡəruː ˈkɔːrt]

n.  袋鼠法庭(不公正的非法法庭); 私设的公堂

法律

牛津词典

noun

• 袋鼠法庭（不公正的非法法庭）；私设的公堂
  an illegal court that punishes people unfairly

柯林斯词典

• 袋鼠法庭（非官方或不公正的法庭或会议，意在给某人定罪）；私设的公堂
  If you refer to a court or a meeting as akangaroo court, you disapprove of it because it is unofficial or unfair, and is intended to find someone guilty.

英英释义

noun

• an irregular unauthorized court

双语例句

• Matthew: I think this kangaroo court is a terrible idea, you moron.
  马修：我觉得这个私设法庭的主意很烂，你这个白痴。
• To the people who refused to go on strike, the most difficult part of their decision was the possibility that they would later be subject to the union's kangaroo court.
  对于那些拒绝参加罢工的人来说，他们这一决定最麻烦的地方是，他们以后可能受到工会袋鼠法庭的审判。
• A kangaroo court is what it is.
  这就一个不正规的法庭的判决。
• Is this a newspaper office or a kangaroo court?
  这儿是报社还是私刑法庭？
• All the same, theirs was not a kangaroo court.
  但这也并非一个非法法庭。