The spelling bale is also used for meaning 5, and for meanings 1 and 3 of the phrasal verb. 拼写bale亦用于义项5以及短语动词的义项1和3。
- N-UNCOUNT 保释金
Bail is a sum of money that an arrested person or someone else puts forward as a guarantee that the arrested person will attend their trial in a law court. If the arrested person does not attend it, the money will be lost.
- He was freed on bail pending an appeal...
他被取保候审。 - The high court set bail at $8,000.
高等法院将保释金定为8,000美元。
- N-UNCOUNT 保释
Bail is permission for an arrested person to be released after bail has been paid.
- He was yesterday given bail by South Yorkshire magistrates.
昨天南约克郡法院准予他获得保释。
- VERB 保释
If someone is bailed, they are released while they are waiting for their trial, after paying an amount of money to the court.
- He was bailed for probation reports...
他因等待鉴定报告而获得保释。 - He was bailed to appear before local magistrates on 5 November.
他获得保释,将于11月5日在地方法庭出庭受审。
- (板球运动中)三柱门上的横木
In cricket, the bails are the two small pieces of wood that are laid across the top of the stumps to form the wicket.
- VERB (往外)舀水
If you bail, you use a container to remove water from a boat or from a place which is flooded.
- We kept her afloat for a couple of hours by bailing frantically.
我们拼命往外舀水,使它继续漂浮了几个小时。 - Bail out means the same as bail .
bail out同bail - A crew was sent down the shaft to close it off and bail out all the water...
一组人员被派下矿井将其封闭并把水舀干。 - The flood waters have receded since then, but residents are still bailing out.
此后洪水已经开始消退,但居民还在往外舀水。
- PHRASE (囚犯)在保释期间逃跑,弃保潜逃
If a prisoner jumps bail, he or she does not come back for his or her trial after being released on bail.
- He had jumped bail last year while being tried on drug charges.
去年他在因涉毒被控告期间弃保潜逃。