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1) (an act of testing or trying; a test: Give the new car a trial; The disaster was a trial of his courage.) preizkušnja2) (a legal process by which a person is judged in a court of law: Their trial will be held next week.) sodna razprava3) (a (source of) trouble or anxiety: My son is a great trial (to me).) nadloga•- on trial
- trial and error* * *[tráiəl]1.nounposkus (of z); preskus, preizkušnja; skušnjava; nadloga, nesreča, udarec usode; technical poskus, eksperiment; juridically sodna preiskava, sodni postopek, proces, glavna razprava; obtožba; British English popravni izpitby way of trial — za poskus, poskusnotrial trip — poskusna vožnja; poskusno potovanje z ladjoto be on trial to stand on trial — biti obtožen, biti pred sodiščemto bring s.o. up for ( —ali to) trial — postaviti koga pred sodišče; (ob)tožiti koga, začeti tožbo proti komuto be a great trial to s.o. figuratively hude skrbi, sive lase komu delatito make (a) trial of s.th. — napraviti poskus s čim, preizkusiti kajto make trial of s.o.'s loyalty — postaviti koga na preskušnjo glede njegove zvestobethe radio upstairs is a trial to us — radio nad nami nam gre na živce;2.adjectiveposkusen; juridically preiskovalen, zasliševalentrial balance economy poskusna bilancatrial balloon — poskusni balon; military balon, ki kaže smer vetratrial fire military poskusno streljanjetrial flight aeronautics poskusen polettrial match sport izločilno tekmovanje (tekma)trial order economy poskusno naročilo -
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[bə'lu:n](a large bag, made of light material and filled with a gas lighter than air: They decorated the dance-hall with balloons.) balon* * *I [bəlú:n]nounbalon; zrakoplov; velika trebušasta steklenica; architecture krogla (vrh stolpa)II [bəlú:n]transitive verb & intransitive verbnapihniti (se); dvigati se; z balonom leteti; commerce umetno dvigati cenefree balloon — prost, neprivezan balon
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trial balloon — {n.} A hint about a plan of action that is given out to find out what people will say. * /John mentioned the class presidency to Bill as a trial balloon to see if Bill might be interested in running./ * /The editorial was a trial balloon to test… … Dictionary of American idioms
trial balloon — {n.} A hint about a plan of action that is given out to find out what people will say. * /John mentioned the class presidency to Bill as a trial balloon to see if Bill might be interested in running./ * /The editorial was a trial balloon to test… … Dictionary of American idioms
trial balloon — trial balloons N COUNT A trial balloon is a proposal that you mention or an action that you try in order to find out other people s reactions to it, especially if you think they are likely to oppose it. [mainly AM] They floated the trial balloon… … English dictionary
trial balloon — ☆ trial balloon n. 1. PILOT BALLOON 2. any action, statement, etc. intended to test public opinion on an issue … English World dictionary
trial balloon — trial ,balloon noun count an idea or plan that is suggested to people to see what their reaction is … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
trial balloon — noun 1. a test of public opinion (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑trial, ↑trial run, ↑test, ↑tryout 2. a balloon sent up to test air currents • Hypernyms: ↑balloon * * * noun, pl … Useful english dictionary
Trial balloon — A trial balloon is information sent out in order to observe the reaction of an audience. It can be used by companies sending out press releases to judge reaction by customers, or it can be used by politicians who deliberately leak information on… … Wikipedia
trial balloon — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms trial balloon : singular trial balloon plural trial balloons mainly American an idea or plan that is suggested to people to see what their reaction is … English dictionary
trial balloon — n. to float, send up a trial balloon * * * send up a trial balloon to float … Combinatory dictionary
trial\ balloon — noun A hint about a plan of action that is given out to find out what people will say. John mentioned the class presidency to Bill as a trial balloon to see if Bill might be interested in running. The editorial was a trial balloon to test the… … Словарь американских идиом
trial balloon — If you test something such as an idea, a project or a product, to see how people respond to it, you send up a trial balloon. The idea seemed excellent but when they sent up a trial balloon the reaction was very negative … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions