Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #1166
trial
试验；试用；测试
The act or process of testing or trying something to see how well it works, or an occasion when something is tested.
- 1.
An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
测试某人或某物表现或适合程度的场合
- 2.
The trial number.
试验编号
- 3.
the act of testing something
测试某事物的行为
- 4.
A meeting or series of meetings in a court of law at which evidence is presented to a judge (and sometimes a jury) to allow them to decide on a legal matter (especially whether an accused person is guilty of a crime).
在法庭上进行的一次或一系列会议,呈现证据给法官(有时还有陪审团)以决定法律问题(尤其是被告是否有罪)
- 5.
trying something to find out about it
尝试某事以了解它
- 6.
A difficult or annoying experience or person; (especially religion) such an experience seen as a test of faith and piety.
困难或烦人的经历或人；(尤其在宗教中)被视为信仰和虔诚的考验
- 7.
the act of undergoing testing
进行测试的行为
审判；庭审；考验；磨难；令人头疼的人（或事）；试验编号；试验次数；测试某人或某物表现或适合程度的场合；试验编号
In use
The company offered me a free trial of the software for two weeks.
The new drug is undergoing clinical trials before it can be sold.
We hired her for a three-month trial period to see if she fits the team.
in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately
he called each flip of the coin a new trial
a sample for ten days free trial
a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain
candidates must compete in a trial of skill
Connections
Collocations
- clinical trial
- 临床试验
- The new drug is undergoing clinical trials.这种新药正在进行临床试验。
- trial and error
- 反复试验
- We learned by trial and error.我们通过反复试验学习。
- trial period
- 试用期
- You will be on a three-month trial period.你将有三个月的试用期。
- trial run
- 试运行
- Let's do a trial run of the software.我们先试运行一下这个软件。
- stand trial
- 受审
- He will stand trial next month.他将于下个月受审。
- trial by jury
- 陪审团审判
Learner notes
Memory Tip
trial可以拆解为'try'和'all'，'尝试全部'就是在做试验或接受审讯。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：法律审判、测试或试验 通常，trial 在法律语境中指审判，较为正式；在一般语境中指测试或试验，语体中性。具体语体视搭配而定。
Grammar Note
可数名词，常与of连用
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words that rhyme with 'trial' (/ˈtraɪəl/): dial, vial, denial. Words that share the '-ial' ending but sound different: social (/ˈsoʊʃəl/), special (/ˈspeʃəl/), official (/əˈfɪʃəl/).
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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 DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.