| 词汇 | jury |
| 释义 | jury noun[ C, + sing/pl verb ] uk /ˈdʒʊə.ri/ us /ˈdʒʊr.i/ B2 a group of people who have been chosen to listen to all the facts in a trial in a law court and to decide if a person is guilty or not guilty, or if a claim has been proved: 陪审团 members of the jury陪审团成员 The jury has/have been unable to return a verdict (= reach a decision).陪审团未能作出裁决。 Police officers aren't usually allowed to be/sit/serve on a jury.警察通常不允许进入陪审团。 C1 a group of people chosen to decide the winner of a competition（竞赛的）裁判团，评判委员会 The jury delivered a verdict of not guilty.陪审团作出了无罪判决。 The members of the jury left the court with a police escort.陪审团成员在警察的护送下离开了法庭。 Not surprisingly, the jury found them both guilty. The decision about whether he is innocent or guilty rests with the jury. He went free because the jury decided there was a reasonable doubt about his guilt.他没有被判罪，因为陪审团认定指控他犯罪的证据不足。 Judges & juries bench chief justice circuit judge court of inquiry dismiss empanel judge judiciary jurist juror jury nullification jury service recusal recuse resentence rule set something aside sheriff sum worship You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: People who analyse and judge Refereeing & judging in sport Idiomthe jury is (still) out jury | American Dictionaryjury noun[ C/U ] us/ˈdʒʊr·i/ a group of people who have been chosen to listen to the facts of a trial in a law court and to decide whether a person is guilty or not guilty, or whether a claim has been proved: [ U ]a trial by jury/a jury trial [ C ]My husband served on a jury in a criminal case a few months ago. A jury is also a group of people chosen to judge a competition: [ C ]The jury chose an unexpected winner for the literary prize. Idiomthe jury is still out jury | Business Englishjury noun[ C ] LAWuk /ˈdʒʊəri/uspluraljuries (US alsojury panel) a group of people who have been chosen to listen to the facts in a court action and decide whether a person is guilty or not guilty or whether a claim has been proved: He was flanked by two prison officers as he awaited the jury's verdict. Last year a California jury awarded $172m to staff who had been forced to work through meal breaks. a jury acquits/convicts/deliberatesThe jury convicted seven of the men of conspiracy, but acquitted nine others. A series of suspicious phone calls took place between the defendants, a jury heard yesterday. the jury is out (on sth) used to say that people have not yet decided whether something is good or bad: The jury is still out on whether she is the right person to revive the company's fortunes. See alsogrand jury Examples of juryjury Discussion of juries is particularly compelling, since they were at the heart of the issue of proof. Within five years he was acting as the jury's foreman. However, grand juries were not exclusively made up of the largest landowners ; nor were all the major proprietors in a county appointed as jurors. They acknowledge that juries make mistakes from time to time. In theory, that difficulty could be resolved by having judges instruct juries about the meaning of reasonable doubt. The study ranges citizens' juries at the top, followed in descending order by deliberative polls, citizens' panels, public meetings, focus groups, and opinion polls. Evidently - scientists, historians, judges and juries ask this question about their hypotheses. Scores ranging from 1-12 are awarded to each performance by national juries and, where possible, by audience televoting. They did not find student juries to be more lenient. The admission of spectral evidence at the indictments served the principle of presumptive evidence similar to a grand jury's inquiry into probable cause. Instead, judges and juries realize the press of compassion on the emotional state of the spouse or companion, and lessen the sentence. The emphasis of discussion of these notions is on the states of mind involved in the judge's or jury's determining of the facts. The grand jury's no bill says merely that there is insufficient evidence to indict. Whether this is true is unclear; however, more important, this particular narrative made sense to judges and juries, and defendants capitalized on this narrative. While the leading landowners of the county continued to play a part at the assizes, they were conspicuous by their absence from the sessions juries. See all examples of jury These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withjuryjuryThese are words often used in combination with jury. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. grand jury investigation Some progress was being made, but much has now been dissipated as a result of the grand juryinvestigation and later developments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 jury consultant Incidentally, the prosecutor fired her court-appointed juryconsultant early in the process. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. jury decision Hence, jurydecision rules can be well-described as semi-conjunctive, and only unanimity rule will facilitate social consistency. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with jury |
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