听证

• hearing of witnesses
• confirmation hearings

例句

1. 对在法庭内大笑的刑罚是坐牢六个月；要不是这么一条罚则，陪审团将无以聆听证词。
   The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.
2. 法官有权把青少年犯关押在青少年拘留所直到听证会开始。
   The judge has the power to remand young offenders to the special home until their case be heard.
3. 他对听证会延期表示大为沮丧。
   He expressed keen disappointment that the hearing had been postponed.