probation

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pro·ba·tion /prəˈbeɪʃən $ proʊ-/ noun [uncountableU]

1 SCLa system that allows some criminals not to go to prison or to leave prison, if they behave well and see a probation officer regularly, for a particular period of time 缓刑（制）

The judge sentenced Jennings to three years’ probation.

法官判詹宁斯三年缓刑。

(put/place somebody) on probation

He pleaded guilty and was placed on probation.

他认了罪，被判处缓刑。

2 BECa period of time, during which an employer can see if a new worker is suitable 试用（期），见习（期）

a three-month probation period

三个月的试用期

on probation

Some people are appointed on probation.

有一些人被安排见习。

3 American EnglishAmEBEC a period of time in which you must improve your work or behave well so that you will not have to leave your job 〔留任〕察看期

I’m afraid I have no choice but to put you on probation.

恐怕我没有别的选择，只能让你留任察看。

—probationary adjectiveadj

a probationary period

缓刑期；试用期

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probation• Chief dies: Alec Nuttall, former chief probation officer of Teesside and then Cleveland, has died aged 68.• The 31-year-old rap executive has been in jail since October for probation violations.• Tomkinson had a previous conviction for exposing himself to a woman in 1985 and was given probation in 1990 for assault.• Joseph, of Bow, east London, was given probation at the Old Bailey yesterday for attempted robbery.• Gary DeHart, two-time series champion Terry Labonte's crew chief, also was fined and placed on probation in Daytona.• The penalty agreed to on the cocaine charge includes four years of supervised probation and random drug testing.• He faces up to a year in jail and five years' probation.

on probation• All new employees are on probation for nine months.

put ... on probation• The nine suggested Lobanov be put on probation -- and fired if things did not improve.• He put her on probation for three years on condition she remained an in-patient at a psychiatric hospital.• A judge put Mrs Soon on probation.• He was put on probation and ordered to pay £360 in compensation and costs.• He was put on probation for two years.• One of the two teenagers was put on probation for a year, the other received a supervision order.

From Longman Business Dictionary

probationpro·ba·tion /prəˈbeɪʃənproʊ-/ noun [uncountableU]

1HUMAN RESOURCES a period of time during which a new employee is tested to make sure they are suitable for a job

At the end of the year I can pass or fail or have my probation extended.

After a three-monthprobation period, a Maruwa Orimono recruit is entitled to a car.

on probation

The chief executive hired me on probation for three months.

2COMMERCE a fixed period of time during which a person or company must improve their performance if they are to continue working, trading etc

place somebody on probation

Calpers said it was placing Salomon on probation, meaning it could sever all its business ties with the firm.

3LAW a system of dealing with criminals which allows them not to go to prison, if they behave well and see an official adviser regularly, for a fixed period of time

Two of the accused were sentenced to prison terms, and the third received 10 months’ probation.

on probation

The disgraced former regional director wasplaced on probation for three years.

pro·ba·tion noun

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