Word · Frequency #22537
probationary
试用的；见习的；缓刑的
Relating to or involving a trial period of testing, or the legal condition of probation.
- 1.
Of, pertaining to, or subject to probation
与试用期有关或受试用期约束的
与试用期有关或受试用期约束的；试用的；预备期的；见习的；缓刑中的；[法] 试用的
In use
After a three-month probationary period, she was offered a permanent position.
The new recruits must complete a probationary training program before joining the team.
He was sentenced to two years of probationary supervision instead of prison time.
probationary + noun
常用搭配，表示试用或见习阶段。
She is still in her probationary period.
她仍处于试用期。
be + probationary
作表语，表示状态是试用或预备的。
His appointment is probationary.
他的任命是临时性的。
on a probationary basis
固定短语，表示以试用形式。
He was hired on a probationary basis.
他被以试用期的方式聘用。
Common mistakes
He is a probationary in the company.He is a probationary employee in the company.
“probationary”是形容词，不能直接用作名词，表示人时应搭配名词如“employee”。
She works probationary for the first three months.She works on a probationary basis for the first three months.
形容词不能修饰动词，应使用介词短语“on a probationary basis”来表达工作状态。
Connections
Collocations
- probationary period
- 试用期；见习期
- New recruits serve a probationary period of six months.新招聘人员须经过六个月的试用期。
- probationary employee
- 试用期员工；见习雇员
- The company offers coaching to every probationary employee.公司为每位试用期员工提供指导。
- probationary status
- 试用身份；见习状态
- After three months, her probationary status will be reviewed by the supervisor.三个月后，主管将审核她的试用身份。
- probationary license
- 实习驾照；见习驾驶证
- In this state, new drivers must hold a probationary license for one year.在该州，新司机必须持有实习驾照满一年。
- probationary review
- 试用期考核；见习评估
- Your probationary review is scheduled for the end of next month.你的试用期考核安排在下一月底。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
probationary 里有 probation（试用/缓刑），加 -ary 变形容词；联想新员工处于‘被观察的试用期’。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：人事与雇佣制度、司法与缓刑制度、正式书面材料 该词比较正式，多用于人事、雇佣或司法等制度性书面语境，日常口语中较少使用。口语中较常见的是 trial period 或 on probation 这类说法。
Grammar Note
通常用于名词前作定语，不用于比较级或最高级。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Genuine rhymes: stationary and stationery (both /ˈsteɪʃənəri/). Lookalikes that sound different: dictionary and revolutionary share the -tionary spelling but have different stressed vowels, so they do not rhyme with probationary.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.