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保釋金
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.
例句
He was freed on bail pending an appeal...
他被取保候審。
The high court set bail at $8,000.
高等法院將保釋金定為8,000美元。
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保釋
Bail is permission for an arrested person to be released after bail has been paid.
例句
He was yesterday given bail by South Yorkshire magistrates.
昨天南約克郡法院準予他獲得保釋。
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VERB
保釋
If someone is bailed, they are released while they are waiting for their trial, after paying an amount of money to the court.
例句
He was bailed for probation reports...
他因等待鑒定報告而獲得保釋。
He was bailed to appear before local magistrates on 5 November.
他獲得保釋，將于11月5日在地方法庭出庭受審。
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（板球運動中）三柱門上的橫木
In cricket, the bails are the two small pieces of wood that are laid across the top of the stumps to form the wicket.
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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.
例句
We kept her afloat for a couple of hours by bailing frantically.
我們拼命往外舀水，使它繼續漂浮了幾個小時。
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PHRASE
（囚犯）在保釋期間逃跑，棄保潛逃
If a prisoner jumps bail, he or she does not come back for his or her trial after being released on bail.
例句
He had jumped bail last year while being tried on drug charges.
去年他在因涉毒被控告期間棄保潛逃。