appellate

IPA/əˈpel.ət/
KK[əpˈɛlɪt]IPA/əˈpel.ət/

appellate — 形容詞

  • appellatepositive
  • more appellatecomparative
  • most appellatesuperlative

1. describing a court, judge, or legal process whose role is to review a decision a

1.形容詞C2
釋義

上訴的

與上訴審法院或上訴程序相關的

describing a court, judge, or legal process whose role is to review a decision already made by a lower court, so that the losing side has a chance to argue that the earlier ruling should be changed.

例句

The appellate court overturned the verdict after reviewing the trial transcript.

上訴法院在審閱庭審紀錄後推翻了原判決。

attributive: appellate + court

Judge Martinez served on the appellate bench in California for twelve years.

馬丁尼茲法官在加州的上訴法院任職了十二年。

collocation: appellate bench / appellate judge

常見搭配
  • appellate court
  • appellate judge
  • appellate jurisdiction
  • appellate division
  • appellate brief
  • appellate review
  • appellate panel
同義詞
  • appeals

    used the same way (appeals court / appeals judge); slightly more everyday in American English

  • reviewing

    broader; describes any body that re-examines a decision, not only courts

反義詞
  • trial

    as in 'trial court' — the lower court that hears a case for the first time

  • original

    as in 'original jurisdiction' — the power to hear a case before any other court does

文法句型

appellate + noun (court, judge, jurisdiction, division)

用法筆記

Almost always used attributively (before a noun) and only in legal contexts. The noun it modifies names a court, judge, lawyer, document, or stage of the legal process — not the case itself. Distinguish from 'appealing', which is a separate adjective meaning 'attractive'.

常見錯誤

The verdict was appellate.
The verdict is open to appeal.
'appellate' modifies the court or process, not the ruling itself.
Her dress is very appellate.
Her dress is very appealing.
'appellate' is a legal term, not a synonym of 'appealing'.

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常見搭配

常用片語

  • appellate court
  • appellate judge
  • appellate jurisdiction
  • appellate division
  • appellate review