1. on probation試驗;試用 The new clerk was found on trial to be incompetent. 這個新職員試用後被發現不合格。 You may take it on trial;if you like it,then buy it. 你可以把它拿去試用,要是你喜歡,就買下來。2. in a court of law受審 John White was on trial for murder. 約翰?懷特因謀殺罪受審。