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.
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n. 惩罚;刑罚;害处;足球点球;
💡 pen处罚+al...的+ty表名词 →处罚，惩罚，罚金
"a penalty for handball"
因手球犯规而罚点球
近义：mulct, penalization, punishment, sanction, fine, amercement
反义：indulgence, indult, pardon, release, remise, remission
n. 证词;证据;迹象;明显;
vt. 使明显;显示;表明;证实;
💡 e出+vid看+ence表名词→明显的证据→证据，证人
"You'd better give us as much factual evidence as possible."
你最好向我们尽可能多地提供事实证据.
近义：manifest, bare, show, state, represent, debunk
laughing
[['la:fiŋ]]
a. 一笑置之的, 高兴的\\nn. 笑
近义：heehaw, laugh, laughter, mirth, tehee, jolly
反义：mirthless, morose, pettish, petulant, shrewish, splenetic
n. 监狱;拘留所;
vt. 监禁;拘留;
💡 铁轨(rail)被连接(j)到 监狱 “监”（谐音）狱
"She spent a year in jail."
她坐了一年牢。
近义：imprison, incarcerate, mew, prison, cage, capture
n. 陪审团;（展览会，竞赛等的）全体评审员;舆论的裁决;评判委员会;
adj. 应急的;[航]（船上）应急用的;暂时的;
💡 助尔理（谐音）：来 陪审 陪审团要拒人于千里之外
"The jury acquitted him of murder."
陪审团裁决他谋杀罪不成立。
近义：juryman, makeshift, provisional, provisionary, provisory, temporary
vt.& vi. 听到，听见;
vt. 听说;得知;听取;审理;
vi. 听;听见;
💡 h(身体两侧)+ear(耳朵):身体两侧能 听见
"I could hear him bumbling around in the kitchen."
我听得见他在厨房里瞎折腾。
近义：listen, overhear, hearken, hark, harken