Probation



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 试用 ( 期) , 试验
• ［英］ n. 试用 ( 期) , 试验 ( a period of testing and trial to ascertain fitnes)
• ［记］ probe ( 探索) +ation -> 探索时期
• ［同］ 同根词: approbation ( 认可, 批准) ; probe ( 探索, 调查)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English probacioun, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French probation, from Latin probation-, probatio, from probare
• Date: 15th century
• 1. critical examination and evaluation or subjection to such examination and evaluation
• 2.
  • a. subjection of an individual to a period of testing and trial to ascertain fitness (as for a job or school)
  • b. the action of suspending the sentence of a convicted offender and giving the offender freedom during good behavior under the supervision of a probation officer
  • c. the state or a period of being subject to probation
• ? probational adjective
• ? probationally adverb
• ? probationary adjective

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