jury

柯林斯词典

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. 陪审团[also 'by' N]
The jury convicted Mr. Hampson of all offences. 该陪审团裁定汉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. (竞赛的) 评委会
I am not surprised that the jury chose to award this novel the prize. 我并不惊讶于评委选择给这部小说颁奖。
3. ADJ makeshift 应急的[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. 尚无定论
The jury is out on whether or not this is true. 这是否属实尚无定论。

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 .