show trial
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈshow ˌtrial noun [countable] SCTan unfair trial that is organized by a government for political reasons, not in order to find out whether someone is guilty 〔政府为政治目的而举行的〕作秀审判，摆样子的审判5A series of show trials were staged after the uprising.起义之后进行了一连串的作秀审判。n Stalin staged a series of show trials.
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show trial• In 1989 he confessed at a show trial to trafficking in gold and ivory, and was shot.• The Party, you see, wanted a show trial.• After a brief show trial they were put in solitary confinement in appalling conditions until March this year.ˈshow ˌtrial nounLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
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show trial
ˈshow ˌtrial
noun [countable]
an unfair trial that is organized by a government for political reasons, not in order to find out whether someone is guilty:
Stalin staged a series of show trials.
ˈshow ˌtrial
noun [countable]an unfair trial that is organized by a government for political reasons, not in order to find out whether someone is guilty: