adjudicate
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they adjudicate | |
| he / she / it adjudicates | |
| past simple adjudicated | |
| past participle adjudicated | |
| -ing form adjudicating |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to make an official decision about who is right between two groups or organizations that disagree 判决，裁决（争执等） - adjudicate (on/upon/in something)
A special subcommittee adjudicates on planning applications. 有一个特别小组委员会裁决规划申请项目。 - adjudicate (something) (between A and B)
Their purpose is to adjudicate disputes between employers and employees. 他们的目的是裁决雇主与雇员之间的纠纷。
Extra ExamplesTopics Preferences and decisionsc2Parliament can create a specialist body to adjudicate in a given field. 议会可以建立一个专门机构来裁决特定领域的案件。 The court has the option to adjudicate upon the matter or suspend the proceedings. 法院可以选择对此事做出裁决或中止诉讼程序。
- adjudicate (on/upon/in something)
- [intransitive]
to be a judge in a competition （比赛中）裁判，评判
Word Originearly 18th cent. (in the sense ‘award judicially’): from Latin adjudicat- ‘awarded judicially’, from the verb adjudicare, from ad- ‘to’ + judicare, from judex, judic- ‘a judge’. The noun adjudication (as a Scots legal term) dates from the early 17th cent.