单词只背一遍0043｜雅思核心单词probation

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n. 试用；缓刑；查验

1. N-UNCOUNT Probation is a period of time during which a person who has committed a crime has to obey the law and be supervised by a probation officer, rather than being sent to prison. 缓刑期

例：

A young woman admitted three theft charges and was put on probation for two years.

一名年轻的妇女承认了3宗盗窃指控，被处以2年缓刑。

2. N-UNCOUNT Probation is a period of time during which someone is judging your character and ability while you work, in order to see if you are suitable for that type of work. 试用期

例：

Employee appointment to the council will be subject to a term of probation of 6 months.

到该理事会任职须经过6个月的试用期。

【中文词源】：

来自拉丁语probare,检验，试探，词源同prove,probe.引申词义试用期，见习期等。

【英语词源】：

early 15c., "trial, experiment, test," from Old French probacion "proof, evidence" (14c., Modern French probation) and directly from Latin probationem (nominative probatio) "approval, assent; a proving, trial, inspection, examination," noun of action from past participle stem of probare "to test" (see prove). Meaning "testing of a person's conduct" (especially as a trial period for membership) is from early 15c.; theological sense first recorded 1520s; criminal justice sense is recorded by 1866. As a verb from 1640s. Related: Probationer; probationary.

n. [劳经]试用；缓刑；查验

suspended sentence , try-on

on probation 服缓刑；作为试用