| 词组 | verdict |
| 释义 | verdict /ˈvɜːdɪkt $ ˈvɜːr-/ noun 1. an official decision made in a court of law about whether or not someone is guilty or about how someone diedadjectives/nouns + verdictthe final verdict He was not in court to hear the final verdict.a unanimous verdict (=the whole jury agrees) The jury found him guilty by a unanimous verdict.a majority verdict BrE (=most of the jury agrees) They were finding it difficult to reach a majority verdict.a guilty/not guilty verdict Everyone was expecting a guilty verdict.an open verdict BrE (=stating that the facts about someone’s death are not known) As there was no medical evidence on the cause of death, he recorded an open verdict.verbsarrive at/reach a verdict (=agree on a decision) It took the jury 16 hours to reach a verdict.return/give/announce/deliver a verdict (=officially say what it is) The jury returned a verdict of unlawful killing.record a verdict (=officially say what it is – used especially about the cause of someone’s death) The coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death on all four victims.consider your verdict (=think about what it should be) The jury retired to consider their verdict.appeal (against) a verdict (=formally ask for it to be changed) His lawyers will almost certainly appeal against the verdict.overturn a verdict (=officially say that it was wrong) He was convicted of spying, but the verdict was later overturned.uphold a verdict (=officially say that it was right) This verdict was upheld at the appeal court.prepositionsa verdict of sth He recorded a verdict of accidental death.a verdict against sb The appeal court overturned the verdict against him.2. someone’s opinion about something after they have seen what it is likeadjectivessb’s final verdict The audience’s final verdict was encouraging.a unanimous verdict (=one that everyone agrees about) The unanimous verdict was that it was an excellent hotel.a favourable verdict BrE a favorable verdict AmE (=people think something is good) They are hoping for a favourable verdict when their cooking skills are judged next week.a damning verdict (=people think something is bad) Inspectors gave a damning verdict on the school.verbsgive a verdict Visitors have been giving their verdict on the new parking charges.get a verdict He went to get the players’ verdict on the game.prepositionssb’s verdict on sth What’s your verdict on the movie? |
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