Word · Frequency #16185
tryout
试验；试用；选拔赛
trying something to find out about it
- 1.
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.
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
- 2.
trying something to find out about it
尝试某事以了解其情况
- 3.
a test of the suitability of a performer
对表演者适合性的测试
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；尝试某事以了解其情况；对表演者适合性的测试；试验；试用
In use
The coach held a tryout for the basketball team after school.
Before buying the software, the company offered a free tryout to all new customers.
The dance teacher asked us to perform the routine as a tryout for the spring show.
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。
a tryout with [team/group]
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。
go to a tryout
强调出席或参加选拔活动的动作。
Connections
Collocations
- tryout for the team
- 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。
- have a tryout
- 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。
- open tryout
- 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。
- out-of-town tryout
- 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。
- varsity tryout
- 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。
- final tryout
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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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