adjective

hung

(陪審團)意見不一的, 懸掛的

The jury was hung, so a retrial was ordered.

陪審團意見不一,因此下令重審。

The walls were hung with tapestries.

牆上掛著掛毯。

be hung (陪審團)意見不一 The jury was hung.

be hung with ((sth.)) 掛著(某物) The walls were hung with paintings.

Synonyms: suspended, deadlocked, undecided

來自“hang”(懸掛)的過去分詞。陪審團意見不一的含義,源於事情被「懸置」、無法得出結論的比喻。

想像一個天平被「懸掛」在中間,無法向任何一方傾斜,這有助於記住「hung jury」(意見不一的陪審團)的含義。

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