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have a tryout for [something]
表示参加选拔或试用，后接具体活动或角色。
She had a tryout for the school play.
她参加了学校话剧的试演。
试验；试用；选拔赛
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试验；试用；选拔赛
trying something to find out about it
She had a tryout for the school play.
她参加了学校话剧的试演。
测试人或物的适合性或有效性,尤其是演员或运动员的试镜,或小剧院的剧目预演
A test of the suitability or effectiveness of a person or thing, especially an audition for a performer or athlete, or the advance staging of a play at a small theatre.
尝试某事以了解其情况
trying something to find out about it
对表演者适合性的测试
a test of the suitability of a performer
The coach held a tryout for the basketball team after school.
教练放学后为篮球队举行了一场选拔赛。
Before buying the software, the company offered a free tryout to all new customers.
这家公司在购买前向所有新客户提供免费试用。
The dance teacher asked us to perform the routine as a tryout for the spring show.
舞蹈老师让我们表演这套动作，作为春季演出的试演。
表示参加选拔或试用，后接具体活动或角色。
She had a tryout for the school play.
她参加了学校话剧的试演。
表示与某人或某团体进行试用或测试。
The band had a tryout with a new drummer.
乐队对新鼓手进行了试用。
强调出席或参加选拔活动的动作。
He went to a tryout for the basketball team yesterday.
他昨天去参加了篮球队的选拔赛。
Not this
I will tryout for the team.
Use this
I will try out for the team.
动词短语'try out'是两个词，而'tryout'是名词。中文学习者常混淆动词短语和名词形式。
Not this
I have tryout today.
Use this
I have a tryout today.
Tryout是可数名词，单数形式前需加不定冠词，中文常省略冠词导致错误。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
参加球队选拔
She decided to tryout for the team after months of practice.
经过几个月的训练，她决定参加球队选拔。
参加选拔（试训）
The coach invited him to have a tryout with the varsity squad.
教练邀请他参加校队的试训。
公开选拔
The theater announced an open tryout for the leading role.
剧院宣布为该主角进行公开选拔。
外地试演
The musical opens with an out-of-town tryout in Boston.
这部音乐剧在波士顿进行外地试演。
校队选拔
He practiced every day before the varsity tryouts began.
校队选拔开始前，他每天练习。
最后一轮选拔
Only three dancers advanced to the final tryout.
只有三名舞者进入了最后一轮选拔。
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把 try（试）和 out（出来）拼一起：试一试、试出结果，就是试演或选拔赛。
语域：neutral 常见场景：sports team selection、theater audition、product trial 作名词时通常指选拔、试镜或试用，常见于体育、演艺和产品测试等场景；较正式场合可换用trial、audition等词。
The words above all end with the same /aʊt/ sound as the -out in tryout, so they rhyme. Spelling is not a safe guide: lookalikes such as court /kɔːrt/, tough /tʌf/, and through /θruː/ sound very different.
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