jury
noun [ C, + sing/pl verb ] uk/ˈdʒʊə.ri/ us/ˈdʒʊr.i/
B2 陪审团
a group of people who have been chosen to listen to all the facts in a trial in a law court and to decide if a person is guilty or not guilty, or if a claim has been proved
members of the jury 陪审团成员
The jury has/have been unable to return a verdict (= reach a decision). 陪审团未能作出裁决。
Police officers aren't usually allowed to be/sit/serve on a jury. 警察通常不允许进入陪审团。
C1 （竞赛的）裁判团，评判委员会
a group of people chosen to decide the winner of a competition
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- 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.
Idiom
the jury is (still) outidiom C2 （答案或观点）尚不明确，悬而未决
If the jury is (still) out on a subject, people do not yet know the answer or have not yet decided if it is good or bad.
The jury's still out on the safety of irradiated food. 人们对辐射处理过的食品是否安全尚不清楚。