court martial
noun🔊/ˌkɔːt ˈmɑːʃl/
🔊/ˌkɔːrt ˈmɑːrʃl/
[countable, uncountable] (plural courts martial)
a military court that deals with members of the armed forces who break military law; a trial at such a court 军事法庭；军事法庭的审判；军法审判 He was convicted at a court martial. 他在军事法庭上被判有罪。 🔊🔊 All the men now face court martial. 现在所有这些军人都面临军事法庭的审判。 🔊🔊
Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictc2The general ordered an immediate court martial. 将军命令立即进行军事法庭审判。 The officer was convicted of desertion at a court martial. 这名军官在军事法庭上被判犯了擅离职守罪。 He called for courts martial and lengthy sentences for the mutineers. 他呼吁法庭对叛国者进行军事和冗长的判决。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + court martial- order
- hold
- be threatened with
- …
- at a/the court martial
- by court martial