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probation 音标拼音: [prob'eʃən] n. 鉴定,查验,证明,试用,察看,缓刑 鉴定,查验,证明,试用,察看,缓刑 probation n 1: a trial period during which your character and abilities are tested to see whether you are suitable for work or for membership 2: a trial period during which an offender has time to redeem himself or herself 3: ( law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them; a defendant found guilty of a crime is released by the court without imprisonment subject to conditions imposed by the court; " probation is part of the sentencing process" Probation \ Pro* ba" tion\, n. [ L. probatio, fr. probare to try, examine, prove: cf. F. probation. See { Prove}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. The act of proving; also, that which proves anything; proof. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] When by miracle God dispensed great gifts to the laity, . . . he gave probation that he intended that all should prophesy and preach. -- Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Any proceeding designed to ascertain truth, to determine character, qualification, etc.; examination; trial; as, to engage a person on probation. Hence, specifically: ( a) The novitiate which a person must pass in a convent, to probe his or her virtue and ability to bear the severities of the rule. ( b) The trial of a ministerial candidate' s qualifications prior to his ordination, or to his settlement as a pastor. ( c) Moral trial; the state of man in the present life, in which he has the opportunity of proving his character, and becoming qualified for a happier state. [ 1913 Webster] No [ view of human life] seems so reasonable as that which regards it as a state of probation. -- Paley. [ 1913 Webster] 25 Moby Thesaurus words for " probation": acid test, assay, blank determination, brouillon, criterion, crucial test, crucible, determination, docimasy, essay, feeling out, first draft, kiteflying, ordeal, proof, rough draft, rough sketch, sounding out, standard, test, test case, touchstone, trial, try, verification
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