trial

n.审讯；试验；试用；尝试；预赛或选拔赛；讨厌的事；惹麻烦的人

v.测试

He went through hell during the trial. 审讯期间他吃尽了苦头。

She agreed to employ me for a trial period. 她同意试用我一段时间。

Trial and error is the source of our knowledge. 尝试和失败同是学识之源。

They succeeded in the experiment on the fifteenth trial. 他们在第十五次尝试时获得了成功。

His blindness is a great trial to him. 眼睛瞎对他来说是非常麻烦的事。

The child was a trial to his parents. 那孩子真让他父母烦得够呛。

注意trial可作形容词或名词，但不可作动词，应避免将其作为动词的误用。

adj.工业的；产业的

n.工业公司

v.(使)工业化

=industrialise(英).

adj.陆地的；陆生的；地球的

n.地球生物

v.(使)工业化

=industrialize(美).

n.工业家；实业家

adj.地球(或其大气圈)外的；行星际的

n.外星人