jury

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT-COLL In a court of law, the jury is the group of people who have been chosen from the general public to listen to the facts about a crime and to decide whether the person accused is guilty or not. 陪審團(tuán)[also 'by' N]
The jury convicted Mr. Hampson of all offences. 該陪審團(tuán)裁定漢普森先生的全部罪名成立。
2. N-COUNT-COLL A jury is a group of people who choose the winner of a competition. (競賽的) 評委會
I am not surprised that the jury chose to award this novel the prize. 我并不驚訝于評委選擇給這部小說頒獎(jiǎng)。
3. ADJ makeshift 應(yīng)急的[nautical]
jury-rigged
4. PHRASE If you say that the jury is out or that the jury is still out on a particular subject, you mean that people in general have still not made a decision or formed an opinion about that subject. 尚無定論
The jury is out on whether or not this is true. 這是否屬實(shí)尚無定論。

The jury delivered a verdict of not guilty .
The members of the jury left the court with a police escort .
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 .