Learner's definition of BAIL
[noncount]
: an amount of money given to a court to allow a prisoner to leave jail and return later for a trial保释金
◊ The bail paid by a person accused of a crime is returned when the person comes back to court for a trial.嫌疑人重回法庭受审时保释金则被退还。 To set bail is to decide how much money a person must pay in order to get out of jail until a trial.确定保释金数额
To grant bail or give bail is to allow a prisoner to pay money to leave jail until a trial.准许保释
If you are denied bail or held without bail, a court will not allow you to pay money to leave jail until your trial.不准保释;不得保释
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The two men are being held without bail.这两个人不得保释。
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Bail was denied, and he was sent to prison to await his trial.由于不准保释,他被送往监狱等待审判。
If you are free on bail or out on bail or have been released/freed on bail, you have paid the court money and are now out of jail and waiting for your trial.被保释
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He is now free on bail. = He's out on bail.他现在是在保释期。
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They were both free/out on $10,000 bail. [=they both paid the court $10,000 and promised to return for their trials]他俩都交了1万美元保释金获得保释。
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She was released on $5,000 bail. [=she left jail after paying the court $5,000]她以5000美元获得保释。
If you make bail or post bail, you give enough money to the court and can leave jail until your trial.缴纳保释金
To jump bail or skip bail is to pay money to get out of jail and then not return for your trial.弃保潜逃;保释后逃跑
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A day after he was released from jail, he decided to jump bail and leave the country.从狱中释放出来一天后,他就决定弃保潜逃,离开这个国家。
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They skipped bail a week before the trial.他们在审判前一周弃保潜逃了。
2 bail /ˈbeɪl/ verb
bails; bailed; bailing
bails; bailed; bailing
Learner's definition of BAIL
bail out
[phrasal verb] 1
bail (someone) out or bail out (someone) : to make it possible for someone to leave jail by paying bail保释 2
bail (someone or something) out or bail out (someone or something) : to help (someone) solve a problem or leave a difficult situation帮助…解决问题;帮助…摆脱困境 : to help (a business, an organization, etc.) by giving or lending money为(企业或组织等)提供救助资金 — see also bailout 3 bail /ˈbeɪl/ verb
bails; bailed; bailing
bails; bailed; bailing
Learner's definition of BAIL
1
[+ object] : to remove or throw water from or out of a boat往船外舀水 2
[no object] US, informal : to leave a difficult situation逃离苦难;摆脱困境
bail out
[phrasal verb] chiefly US 1
: to jump out of an airplane with a parachute(从飞机上)跳伞 2
: to leave or escape a harmful or difficult situation逃离,摆脱(困境)